Development and Validation of a Short Form of the Alabama Parenting Questionnaire |
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| Authors: | Frank J Elgar Daniel A Waschbusch Mark R Dadds Nadine Sigvaldason |
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| Institution: | (1) Department of Psychology, Carleton University, B550 Loeb Building, 1125 Colonel By Drive, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, K1S 5B6;(2) Center for Children and Families, Department of Psychology and Pediatrics, University at Buffalo, State University of New York, Buffalo, NY, USA;(3) School of Psychology, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia;(4) Department of Family Social Sciences, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada |
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| Abstract: | Brief assessments of parenting practices can provide important information about the development of disruptive behavior disorders
in children. We examined the factor structure of a widely used assessment of parenting practices, the Alabama Parenting Questionnaire,
and produced a 9-item short scale around its three supported factors: Positive Parenting, Inconsistent Discipline and Poor
Supervision. The short scale was then validated in independent community samples using confirmatory factor analysis and measures
of disruptive behavioral disorders in children. The scale showed good fit to a three-factor model and good convergent validity
by differentiating parents of children with disruptive behavioral disorders and parents of children without such disorders.
Results indicated that this new measure is an informative tool for researchers and clinicians whom require brief assessments
of parenting practices relating to disruptive behavioral disorders in children. |
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| Keywords: | Parenting practices Disruptive behavior disorders Alabama parenting Questionnaire Externalizing problems Children |
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