Assessing Mothers' and Fathers' Authoritarian Attitudes: The Psychometric Properties of a Brief Survey

Autor/inn/en	Shears, Jeffrey K.; Whiteside-Mansell, Leanne; McKelvey, Lorraine; Selig, James
Titel	Assessing Mothers' and Fathers' Authoritarian Attitudes: The Psychometric Properties of a Brief Survey
Quelle	In: Social Work Research, 32 (2008) 3, S.179-184 (6 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1070-5309
Schlagwörter	Mothers; Disadvantaged Youth; Child Rearing; Parent Child Relationship; Measures (Individuals); Factor Analysis; Psychometrics; Parenting Skills; Fathers; Social Work; Parenting Styles; Discipline; Toddlers; Early Intervention; African Americans; Whites; Hispanic Americans; Low Income Groups; Parent Attitudes + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Mother; Mutter; Benachteiligter Jugendlicher; Kindererziehung; Parents-child relationship; Parent-child-relation; Parent-child relationship; Eltern-Kind-Beziehung; Messdaten; Faktorenanalyse; Psychometry; Psychometrie; Soziale Arbeit; Disziplin; Infant; Infants; Toddler; Kleinkind; Afroamerikaner; White; Weißer; Hispanic; Hispanoamerikaner; Elternverhalten
Abstract	This study used confirmatory factor analysis to examine the structure and factor loadings of an authoritarian parenting scale. The study used data from 315 married couples who had toddlers participating in the Early Head Start Research and Evaluation Project located in 14 communities across the United States. The sample was diverse and consisted largely of white, African American, and Hispanic low-income parents. The results indicate that the authoritarian parenting scale was a consistent and accurate measure of authoritarian parenting attitudes with both mothers and fathers. Social work practitioners may find this instrument a valuable assessment tool in cases in which there is a focus on parenting skills and attitudes. (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10