This study aimed to investigate the measurement invariance of the Alabama Parenting Questionnaire (for both long [APQ-lg] and short [APQ-9] forms) across age, gender, clinical status, and informant (i.e., parent vs. child reports). The sample was composed of adolescents (community sample: N = 1,746; clinical sample: N = 166) and parents (N = 149). The analyses were conducted in R. Measurement invariance was assessed via multi-group confirmatory factor analysis, equivalence test, and subsampling approach. The original model of APQ-lg (five factors) showed a significantly better fit than other concurrent models (five concurrent models were specified, based on prior literature). For APQ-lg, we found measurement invariance across gender and partial measurement invariance across age, clinical status, and informant. For APQ-9, we confirmed the measurement invariance across gender and clinical status, while across age and informant partial measurement invariance was attested. Overall, our study indicated that APQ-lg and APQ-9 are two valid tools for measuring parenting practices with some caveats.

本研究旨在调查阿拉巴马州育儿问卷（包括长 [APQ-lg] 和短 [APQ-9] 表格）跨年龄、性别、临床状况和信息提供者（即父母与儿童报告）的测量不变性. 样本由青少年（社区样本：N = 1,746；临床样本：N = 166）和父母（N= 149). 分析在 R 中进行。测量不变性通过多组验证性因素分析、等价检验和二次抽样方法进行评估。APQ-lg 的原始模型（五个因素）显示出明显优于其他并发模型（根据先前文献指定了五个并发模型）。对于 APQ-lg，我们发现跨性别的测量不变性和跨年龄、临床状态和信息提供者的部分测量不变性。对于 APQ-9，我们证实了跨性别和临床状态的测量不变性，同时证明了跨年龄和线人的部分测量不变性。总的来说，我们的研究表明 APQ-lg 和 APQ-9 是两个有效的衡量育儿实践的工具，但有一些注意事项。