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Gepubliceerd in: Journal of Child and Family Studies 5/2014

01-07-2014 | Original Paper

Assessing Parenting Skills and Attitudes: A Review of the Psychometrics of Parenting Measures

Auteurs: Kristin Duppong Hurley, Jacqueline Huscroft-D’Angelo, Alexandra Trout, Annette Griffith, Michael Epstein

Gepubliceerd in: Journal of Child and Family Studies | Uitgave 5/2014

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Abstract

There are many measures that assess parenting skills or practices, such as behavior, beliefs, coping mechanisms, reactions to stress, or discipline. However, little is known about the psychometric quality of these parenting measures. This information is essential for practitioners and researchers to aide in the selection of the most valid and reliable measures to assess parenting behavior or attitudes. This study examined the psychometric quality among parenting measures published from 1985 to 2009. After the initial search 164 measures were identified, but were reduced to 25 measures that supplied some degree of psychometric information, were published in the United States or Canada, and were in English. Measures were compared across numerous categories including respondent type, norming data, administration type, and ten psychometric variables such as internal consistency, content validity, and predictive validity. Out of the 25 measures, seven had no acceptable psychometric properties, seven had only 1–2 acceptable ratings on psychometric properties, six had between 3 and 4 acceptable psychometric ratings, none had between 5 and 6 acceptable ratings, and only five had strong psychometric properties in seven or more of the 10 categories. Likewise, only five measures provided and norming information and 14 measures provided scoring procedures. Implications, limitations, and recommendations for future research are discussed.
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Metagegevens
Titel
Assessing Parenting Skills and Attitudes: A Review of the Psychometrics of Parenting Measures
Auteurs
Kristin Duppong Hurley
Jacqueline Huscroft-D’Angelo
Alexandra Trout
Annette Griffith
Michael Epstein
Publicatiedatum
01-07-2014
Uitgeverij
Springer US
Gepubliceerd in
Journal of Child and Family Studies / Uitgave 5/2014
Print ISSN: 1062-1024
Elektronisch ISSN: 1573-2843
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s10826-013-9733-2

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