[The assessment of family resources and need for help: Construct validity and reliability of the Systematic Exploration and Process Inventory for health professionals in early childhood intervention services (SEVG)]. / Familiäre Ressourcen und Hilfebedarfe erfassen: Zur Konstruktvalidität und Reliabilität des Systematischen Explorations- und Verlaufsinventars für Gesundheitsfachkräfte in den Frühen Hilfen (SEVG).

BACKGROUND: Health professionals in early childhood intervention and prevention make an important contribution by helping burdened families with young children cope with everyday life and child raising issues. A prerequisite for success is the health professionals' ability to tailor their services to the specific needs of families. METHODS: The "Systematic Exploration and Process Inventory for health professionals in early childhood intervention services (SEVG)" can be used to identify each family's individual resources and needs, enabling a valid, reliable and objective assessment of the conditions and the process of counseling service. The present paper presents the statistical analyses that were used to confirm the reliability of the inventory. RESULTS: Based on the results of the reliability analysis and principal component analysis (PCA), the SEVG seems to be a reliable and objective inventory for assessing families' need for support. It also allows for calculation of average values of each scale. CONCLUSION: The development of valid and reliable assessments is essential to quality assurance and the professionalization of interventions in early childhood service.