Nicomachus-Positive Parenting (NPP): Development and Initial Validation of a Parenting Questionnaire within the Positive Psychology Framework

Abstract

After operationalizing the positive psychology parenting construct, following the model proposed by Seligman in Authentic Happiness, a new questionnaire called NICOMACHUS-Positive Parenting (NPP) was developed and validated. The validation process was completed in three studies. In Study 1 (N = 190) theoretically, relevant items were reduced, refined, and tested resulting in a measure with 20 items. In Studies 2 (N = 621) and 3 (N = 146) the psychometrics of NICOMACHUS were validated and cross-validated respectively. A clear, robust four-factor structure was defined and confirmed with EFA and CFA respectively. Full measurement invariance across the child's gender was successfully established to the strict level. Internal consistency reliability (α), model-based reliability (ω) and convergent validity at the model level (AVE) were excellent and comparable across methods. Convergent/discriminant validity with 6 parenting measures revealed a highly significant, uniform relationship pattern. In Study 3 the above findings were successfully cross-validated by stable, similar findings. Convergent/discriminant validity with 5 measures of wellbeing and affect also revealed a highly significant, clear relationship pattern. The relationship of NICOMACHUS with demographics was also examined. NICOMACHUS adds to the existing parenting measures, allowing parents to evaluate if their parenting practices follow the principles of Positive Psychology.

Η Προστατευτική Επίδραση Των Θετικών Συναισθημάτων Κατά Της Κατάθλιψης Στη Διάρκεια Της Αρχικής Καραντίνας Για Τον COVID-19, Σε Ένα Μοντέλο Δομικών Εξισώσεων (SEM)

“…Moreover, research on LS during COVID-19 could focus more on contexts where conflicting results emerge, e.g. parenting (for Greece see Kyriazos & Stalikas, 2019a;Kyriazos & Stalikas, 2019b) or interpersonal relationships (for Greece see Giotsa, Kyriazos & Mitrogiorgou, 2018). Regarding techniques employed, except SEM other multivariate approaches could be appropriate to model the complex interaction between psychological distress and COVID-19 comorbidities (Holmes et al, 2020) like CFA Multitrait-Multimethod Matrices (see Brown, 2015;Kyriazos, 2018) or Multilevel Modeling (see Brown, 2015;Kyriazos, 2019).…”

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“…Future research on LS and cognitive-psychological resources during COVID-19 could study different contexts like workplace, or parenting (for Greece see Kyriazos & Stalikas, 2019a;Kyriazos & Stalikas, 2019b). Alternatively, except SEM other multivariate technique could shed light on the complex relationships of psychological distress and COVID-19 comorbidities (Holmes et al, 2020) like CFA Multitrait-Multimethod Matrices (see Kyriazos, 2018b) or Multilevel Modeling (see Kyriazos, 2019).…”

Are Resilient Occupational Therapists at Low Risk of Burnout? A Structural Equation Modeling Approach Combined with Latent Profile Analysis in a Greek Sample

“…Future research could explore if resilience of OTs is associated to a number of positive work-related constructs like flow (for Greece see Kyriazos, Stalikas, Prassa, Galanakis, Flora & Chatzilia, 2018), hope (for Greece see Yotsidi, Pagoulatou, Kyriazos, & Stalikas, 2018), flourishing (for Greece see Kyriazos, Stalikas, Prassa, Yotsidi, Galanakis, & Pezirkianidis, 2018) and life meaning (for Greece see . However, personal and family relationships may also affect OTs' resilience therefore, another future research possibility could be to explore the association of OTs' resilience to constructs like interpersonal anxiety (for Greece see Giotsa, Kyriazos, & Mitrogiorgou, 2018;Kyriazos & Giotsa, 2019) or family-related constructs like parental behaviors (for Greece see Kyriazos & Stalikas, 2019a) and positive parenting (for Greece see Kyriazos & Stalikas, 2019b).…”