Measuring dysfunctional parenting: Psychometrics of three versions of the Parenting Scale

Katharina Prandstetter; Franziska Waller; Nina Heinrichs; Judy Hutchings; Catherine  Ward; Ingrid Danila; Jamie Lachman; Heather Foran

doi:10.1111/fare.12732

Measuring dysfunctional parenting: Psychometrics of three versions of the Parenting Scale

Katharina Prandstetter
, Franziska Waller
, Nina Heinrichs
, Judy Hutchings
, Catherine Ward
, Ingrid Danila
, Jamie Lachman
, Heather Foran

Ysgol Seicoleg

University of Klagenfurt
Department for Health Services Research, Institute for Public Health and Nursing Research (IPP) and Health Sciences Bremen, University of Bremen, Bremen, Germany.
University of Cape Town
Oxford University
Babes-Bolyai University

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Objective
This study assessed the psychometric properties of three versions of the Parenting Scale (PS; original PS, 13-item version, and 10-item version) in three European middle-income countries.

Background
The PS is one of the most frequently used questionnaires for measuring dysfunctional discipline strategies. Although its validity has been extensively investigated in American samples, there are mixed results regarding the recommended number of items and subscales, raising the question of replicability across European middle-income countries.

Method
Multigroup confirmatory factor analysis (MCFA) and item response theory (IRT) were applied to N = 835 parents from North Macedonia, Moldova, and Romania.

Results
All three versions were significantly correlated with parental- and child-related variables. Confirmatory factor analysis indicated the best model fit for the 10-item version, and configural and partial metric invariance across countries could be established for this version. Item response theory analyses also supported this measure.

Conclusions
Our findings show that the 10-item version performed better than the 13-item version and the original PS both overall and on the country level. Reliability values were somewhat lower than reported in studies from the United States.

Implications
The 10-item version constitutes a promising short measure for assessing dysfunctional parenting in European middle-income countries for researchers and practitioners.

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Tudalennau (o-i)	1254-1275
Cyfnodolyn	Family Relations
Cyfrol	72
Rhif cyhoeddi	3
Dyddiad ar-lein cynnar	13 Gorff 2022
Dynodwyr Gwrthrych Digidol (DOIs)	https://doi.org/10.1111/fare.12732
Statws	Cyhoeddwyd - Gorff 2023

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