Confirmatory Factor Analysis of Arnold et al.’s Parenting Scale Across Race, Age, and Sex

Karazsia, Bryan T.; Dulmen, Manfred H. M. van; Wildman, Beth G.

doi:10.1007/s10826-007-9170-1

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“…When Overreactivity and Laxness were controlled, Verbosity did emerge as a statistically significant, but very weak and probably clinically irrelevant, predictor of child problem behavior in the sample of mothers. This is not the first study, which fails to support the Verbosity factor (Collett, et al 2001;Irvine, et al 1999;Karazsia, et al 2008;Prinzie, et al 2007;Steele, et al 2005). It was suggested that verbosity might only be a relevant factor for parents with very young children who have not yet developed the necessary language skills to understand verbal reasoning (Rhoades and O'Leary 2007).…”

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confidence: 84%

“…The third set of studies (Karazsia, et al 2008;Rhoades and O'Leary 2007;Steele, et al 2005) utilized confirmatory factor analyses only. They tested the fit indices for the models identified in earlier studies.…”

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“…Several studies have examined the factor structure of the PS (Arney et al 2008;Collett et al 2001;Harvey et al 2001;Irvine et al 1999;Karazsia et al 2008;Prinzie et al 2007;Reitman, et al 2001;Rhoades and O'Leary 2007;Steele et al 2005); however, as discussed below, the results of these studies have been ambiguous. In this paper, we first review the scale and the various structural models proposed by different groups of researchers.…”

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confidence: 99%

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Parenting Scale: Which Version Should We Use?

Salari¹,

Terreros²,

Sarkadi³

2012

J Psychopathol Behav Assess

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Factor analytic studies of one of the widely used measurements of parental discipline, the Parenting Scale (PS), have yielded ambiguous results. The purpose of this study was to compare various forms of the PS in terms of factor structure and other psychometric properties. The sample consisted of 617 mothers and 430 fathers of 2 to 5-year-olds. Confirmatory factor analysis indicated that shorter structural models provided a better fit compared to the original model; however, none led to an optimal fit. Other psychometric properties such as internal consistency, test-retest reliability, concurrent and predictive validity were slightly higher for the original Laxness and Overreactivity subscales. The findings from this study and previous studies suggest that the inter-item relationship in the scale might be too sensitive to sample characteristics, implying that factor analysis might not be the best way to measure the scale's validity. Nevertheless, other psychometric properties support the use of the Parenting Scale in the assessment of dysfunctional parenting practices. We recommend using the original Laxness and Overreactivity subscales rather than the later models, especially for research purposes.

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Section: Discussionmentioning

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Section: Introductionmentioning

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Parenting Scale: Which Version Should We Use?

Salari¹,

Terreros²,

Sarkadi³

2012

J Psychopathol Behav Assess

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“…Items are scored on a 7-point Likert scale, with higher scores indicating less effective parenting styles. The present study focused on laxness and over-reactivity: the stability and good psychometric properties of these two factors have been demonstrated across a broad age range of children (Karazsia et al, 2008). These scales had satisfactory internal consistency: alphas for the Phase 1 and Phase 2 SEN groups were 0.71 and 0.79 for laxness and 0.70 and 0.78 for over-reactivity, respectively.…”

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Comparing the Effectiveness of Evidence-Based Parenting Programs on Families with and without Children with Special Educational Needs: Short-term and Long-term Gains

Totsika

Mandair²,

Lindsay

2017

Front. Educ.

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Parents of children with a disability or special educational needs (SEN) have three available options when accessing parenting programs: (a) to access a parenting program that has been adapted for use by families with a child with disability, (b) to access a disability-specific parenting program, or (c) to access a parenting program developed for typically developing children. The aim of the present study was to examine whether accessing evidence-based parenting programs (EBPPs) developed for typically developed children (option c) could benefit families of children with SEN, and whether benefits could be maintained when program delivery takes place as part of sustained service implementation. Using data from an effectiveness trial, we found that there was no evidence of differential effectiveness: i.e., families of children with SEN experienced similar gains to families whose child did not have SEN with respect to child behavior problems, parenting style, and parental mental well-being. Using data from services' sustained implementation, our findings indicated that gains during the implementation phase were of similar magnitude to gains during the research trial: following EBPPs, families of children with SEN experienced small to moderate improvements in behavior problems, and moderate to large improvements in parenting and parental mental well-being across the two phases. One year later, gains were significantly maintained in families who had accessed EBPPs as part of the research trial. While the study is not proposing that EBPPs developed for typically developing children are a replacement for disability-adapted or disability-specific parenting programs, there was a pragmatic need to evaluate the effectiveness of EBPPs that are in practice accessed by families with a child with SEN. Overall, families of children with SEN can benefit from EBPPs similarly to families whose child does not have SEN, and the gains are significant and substantial even when EBPPs are offered as part of regular service provision. Longer term maintenance of gains (1 year) in service-led implementation of EBPPs likely requires more input.

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“…Parents self-report, on a scale of 1-7, the intensity with which they participate in particular behaviors when disciplining their children. Recent factor analyses support two scales: Laxness and Overreactivity (Karaszia, van Dulmen, & Wildman, 2008;Reitman et al, 2001). Both scales contain five items and range from 5 to 35.…”

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Pediatrician Identification of Child Behavior Problems: The Roles of Parenting Factors and Cross-Practice Differences

Dempster

Wildman

Langkamp

et al. 2011

J Clin Psychol Med Settings

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While most primary care pediatricians acknowledge the importance of identifying child behavior problems, fewer than 2% of children with a diagnosable psychological disorder are referred for mental health care in any given year. The present study examined the potential role of parental characteristics (parental affect, parenting style, and parenting self-efficacy) in pediatrician identification of child behavior problems, and determined whether these relationships differed across practices. Parents of 831 children between 2 and 16 years completed questionnaires regarding demographic information, their child's behavior, their affect, their parenting style, and their parenting self-efficacy. Pediatricians completed a brief questionnaire following visits in four community-based primary care practices in the Midwest. Logistic regressions controlling for child behavior and demographic predictors of pediatrician identification found that an authoritarian parenting style, in which parents yell or strongly negatively react to problem behavior, was negatively associated with likelihood of identification in the overall sample. However, the variables that were predictive of pediatrician identification differed depending on the specific practice. Parental characteristics can aid in understanding which children are likely to be identified by their pediatrician as having behavioral problems. The finding that practices differed on which variables were associated with pediatrician identification suggests the need to potentially individualize interventions to certain physicians and practices to improve identification of child behavior problems in primary care.

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Confirmatory Factor Analysis of Arnold et al.’s Parenting Scale Across Race, Age, and Sex

Cited by 27 publications

References 30 publications

Parenting Scale: Which Version Should We Use?

Parenting Scale: Which Version Should We Use?

Comparing the Effectiveness of Evidence-Based Parenting Programs on Families with and without Children with Special Educational Needs: Short-term and Long-term Gains

Pediatrician Identification of Child Behavior Problems: The Roles of Parenting Factors and Cross-Practice Differences

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