Examining the validity of the adapted Alabama Parenting Questionnaire—Parent Global Report Version.

Abstract

The purpose of the present study was to comprehensively examine the validity of an adapted version of the parent global report form of the Alabama Parenting Questionnaire (APQ) with respect to its factor structure, relationships with demographic and response style covariates, and differential item functioning (DIF). The APQ was adapted by omitting the Corporal Punishment and the other discipline items. The sample consisted of 674 Canadian and United States families having a 9–12 year old child and at least one parent-figure who had received treatment within the past five years for alcohol problems or met criteria for alcohol abuse or dependence. The primary parent in each family completed the APQ. The four factor CFA model of the four published scales used and the three factor CFA model of those scales from prior research were rejected. Exploratory structural equation modeling was then used. The final three factor model combined the author-defined Involvement and Positive Parenting scales and retained the original Poor Monitoring/Supervision and Inconsistent Discipline scales. However, there were substantial numbers of moderate magnitude cross-loadings and large magnitude residual covariances. Differential item functioning (DIF) was observed for a number of APQ items. Controlling for DIF, response style and demographic variables were related significantly to the factors.

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“…Parenting behaviors tap five theoretical constructs: Parental Involvement, Positive Parenting, Poor Monitoring/Supervision, Inconsistent Discipline, and Corporal Punishment (Frick et al, 1999). However, previous work suggested a variety of structures with either 3, 4 or 5 factors (Adams, 2015;Maguin, et al, 2016), using mostly EFA (Essau et al 2006;Badahdah & Le, 2015), CFA (Święcicka et al, 2019) or ESEM (Maguin et al, 2016). More specifically, the APQ Child Global Report has a five-factor structure (Essau et al, 2006), whereas for the Parent Global Report a two, three or four-factor structure emerged (Hawes & Dadds, 2006;Hinshaw et al, 2000;Randolph & Radey, 2011;Molinuevo et al, 2011;Zlomke et al, 2014;Esposito et al, 2016;Maguin et al, 2016).…”

“…Additionally, the APQ structure was also tested in single-parent family structures (Adams, 2015). However, direct comparisons of the results are challenging due to wide variations in the items used in each study and in child ages of the samples (see also Maguin et al, 2016). APQ has been translated into at least 11 languages (Seabridge, 2012), including German (Essau et al, 2006), Spanish (Molinuevo et al, 2011), Italian (Esposito et al, 2016) Chinese, Arabic (Badahdah & Le, 2015), Ukrainian (Burlaka et al, 2017) and Polish (Święcicka et al, 2019).…”

“…The APQ-preschool version has been also tested in a sample of hyperactive-inattentive preschool children and controls and three factors emerged (Clerkin et al 2007;de la Osa et al, 2014). Maguin et al (2016) examined APQ parenting constructs specific to a special parent population with alcohol-related problems. Internal consistency for the APQ was reported (Frick et al, 1999;Shelton et al, 1996) to range from α = 0.67 -0.82, except Corporal Punishment (α = 0.37 -0.46).…”

“…The questionnaire is among the most frequently used self-report measures of parenting research. Specifically, Google Scholar resulted in more than 430 citations (July 2013;Maguin, Nochajski, De Wit, & Safyer, 2016).…”

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“…For the present study, Cronbach's α = 0.92; item-scale intercorrelation = 0.91; andPearson's r = 0.92. APQ has high convergent validity, interrater reliability, and cross-cultural applications as established by previous studies (e.g.,Clerkin, Marks, Policaro, & Halperin, 2007;Escribano, Aniorte, & Orgilés, 2015;Maguin, Nochajski, Dewit, & Safyer, 2016;and Molinuevo, Pardo, & Torrubia, 2011).…”