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01-06-2015 | Original Article

Measuring Parenting Practices and Family Functioning with Brief and Simple Instruments: Validation of the Spanish Version of the PAFAS

Auteurs: Anilena Mejia, Ania Filus, Rachel Calam, Alina Morawska, Matthew R. Sanders

Gepubliceerd in: Child Psychiatry & Human Development | Uitgave 3/2015

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Abstract

A set of instruments with different response formats is usually used to assess parenting practices in clinical settings and in research studies. These complex protocols can be problematic for parents with low-literacy levels. The Parenting and Family Adjustment Scales (PAFAS) is a brief, easy to read instrument that has been developed to address these concerns. The English version of this instrument suggested that it has good internal consistency (range from .70 to .96), as well as satisfactory construct and predictive validity. The aim of the present study was to explore the validity and reliability of the Spanish version of the PAFAS. A sample of 174 Spanish-speaking parents (85 % mothers; M = 37 years old; SD = 9.1) from Panama in Central America completed the instrument alongside the Parenting Scale and the Depression Anxiety Stress Scale (DASS-21). Psychometric evaluations revealed that the measure had satisfactory construct and concurrent validity as well as good internal consistency (values >.60 for all subscales) and test–retest reliability (ICC >.60 for all subscales). The PAFAS shows promise as a brief outcome measure to assess parenting practices and family functioning with Spanish-speaking parents. Potential uses of the measure and implications for further validation with diverse samples are discussed.
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In this test a model is analysed, in which the correlation between the factors is fixed at 1.00. The constrained model’s χ 2 is compared to the original model’s χ 2 where the correlation between the constructs is estimated freely. Significantly lower Chi square value of the unconstrained model implies good discriminant validity.
 
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Parents who had a partner (married or cohabitating) were less likely to have missing values on the PAFAS Adjustment scale than parents who didn’t have a partner (single, divorced, widowed).
 
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For more information please contact the first author.
 
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Since the higher order factor was represented by only 2 indicators both loadings were constrained to equally to make the model just-identified. Thus, the higher-order solution produced exactly the same goodness-of-fit as the previous, firs-order model.
 
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Metagegevens
Titel
Measuring Parenting Practices and Family Functioning with Brief and Simple Instruments: Validation of the Spanish Version of the PAFAS
Auteurs
Anilena Mejia
Ania Filus
Rachel Calam
Alina Morawska
Matthew R. Sanders
Publicatiedatum
01-06-2015
Uitgeverij
Springer US
Gepubliceerd in
Child Psychiatry & Human Development / Uitgave 3/2015
Print ISSN: 0009-398X
Elektronisch ISSN: 1573-3327
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s10578-014-0483-1

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