Development and evaluation of the psychometric properties of a brief parenting scale (PS-7) for the parents of adolescents

This study aimed to develop a seven-item brief parenting scale (PS-7) based on the original parenting scale (PS) and various other shortened versions and with a better factor structure for the parents of adolescents. The scale was tested with a sample of 3,777 parents (2,205 mothers and 1,572 father...

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Published inPloS one Vol. 15; no. 1; p. e0228287
Main Authors Fung, Sai-Fu, Fung, Annis Lai Chu
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published United States Public Library of Science 01.01.2020
Public Library of Science (PLoS)
Subjects
Adolescent
Adolescents
Adult
Biology and Life Sciences
Evaluation
Factor analysis
Factor Analysis, Statistical
Fathers
Female
Humans
Male
Middle Aged
Mothers
Parent-Child Relations
Parenting
Parenting - psychology
Parents
Parents & parenting
Parents - psychology
People and Places
Physical Sciences
Psychology, Adolescent
Psychometrics
Quantitative psychology
Reproducibility of Results
Research and Analysis Methods
Secondary school students
Secondary schools
Social Sciences
Studies
Surveys and Questionnaires
Teenagers
Validity
Youth
Hong Kong
China
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Summary:This study aimed to develop a seven-item brief parenting scale (PS-7) based on the original parenting scale (PS) and various other shortened versions and with a better factor structure for the parents of adolescents. The scale was tested with a sample of 3,777 parents (2,205 mothers and 1,572 fathers). Confirmatory factor analysis was used to evaluate the dimensionality of the different versions of the PS. Only the PS-7 with a two-factor structure, i.e., laxness (three items) and overreactivity (four items), showed a good model fit based on a representative sample of parents of junior secondary school students. Overall, the results suggest that PS-7 is comparable to the original PS and possesses good psychometric properties in terms of internal consistency, factorial validity, construct validity, criterion validity and discriminant validity. The abbreviated parenting scale also provides a reliable and cost-effective method for assessing parental practices for treatment and assessing treatment outcomes.
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Competing Interests: The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.
ISSN:1932-6203
1932-6203
DOI:10.1371/journal.pone.0228287