Journal of Family Issues ( IF 1.831 ) Pub Date : 2021-07-06 , DOI: 10.1177/0192513x211030022 Anne Shaffer 1 , Violeta J. Rodriguez 1 , David J. Kolko 2 , Paul A. Pilkonis 2 , Oliver Lindhiem 2
Questions persist in the parenting literature regarding how best to define positive and negative parenting behaviors. Are there optimal parenting behaviors shared by mothers and fathers, or among different racial and ethnic groups? This study draws from a nationally representative sample of US parents of school-age children, testing aspects of measurement invariance in the Alabama Parenting Questionnaire (APQ) full and short forms. Our goal was to highlight psychometric approaches to enhancing cultural sensitivity and inclusivity in parenting research, by assessing whether self-reported parenting behaviors have similar conceptual structure across groups. Tests of measurement invariance revealed that the factor structure of the APQ was the same across parent gender, race, and ethnicity. While partial invariance was found in some instances, we did not find metric and scalar invariance in comparisons among these groups. We conclude with research- and practice-based implications, and provide recommendations for future measurement development and use.
中文翻译:
阿拉巴马州育儿问卷中的测量不变性:对文化包容性育儿研究的影响
关于如何最好地定义积极和消极的育儿行为,育儿文献中一直存在问题。父母之间或不同种族和族裔群体之间是否存在最佳的育儿行为?本研究从美国学龄儿童家长的全国代表性样本中抽取,测试阿拉巴马州育儿问卷 (APQ) 完整和简短表格中测量不变性的各个方面。我们的目标是通过评估自我报告的育儿行为是否在不同群体之间具有相似的概念结构,从而突出心理测量方法,以提高育儿研究中的文化敏感性和包容性。测量不变性检验表明,APQ 的因子结构在父母性别、种族和民族之间是相同的。虽然在某些情况下发现了部分不变性,我们在这些组之间的比较中没有发现度量和标量不变性。我们总结了基于研究和实践的影响,并为未来的测量开发和使用提供了建议。