A multidimensional inventory for assessment of parental functioning |
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| Institution: | 1. Netherlands Institute of Health Services Research (NIVEL), Utrecht, The Netherlands;2. Department of Methods and Statistics at the Faculty of Social Sciences, Leiden University, The Netherlands;3. Suicidal Behavior Research Laboratory, Institute of Health & Wellbeing, University of Glasgow, United Kingdom;1. School of Food Science and Technology, Chung-Ang University, 4726 Seodongdaero, Ansung, Gyunggi-do 456-756, South Korea;2. Kim Laboratories Inc., Rantoul, IL 61866, USA;3. Department of Infectious Disease, College of Veterinary Medicine, Konkuk University, Seoul, South Korea;4. Korea Zoonosis Research Institute, Chonbuk National University, Deokjin-dong 1ga, Deokjin-gu, Jeonju-si, Jeollabuk-do, South Korea;1. Instituto Nacional de Investigación y Tecnología Agraria y Alimentaria (INIA), Departamento de Tecnología de Alimentos, Carretera de La Coruña Km 7, 28040, Madrid, Spain;2. Gut Microbes and Health Institute Strategic Programme, Quadram Institute Bioscience, Colney, Norwich, NR4 7UA, UK |
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| Abstract: | This paper reports on the psychometric properties of a multidimensional inventory battery for the evaluation of the parenting behavior of participants in family support programs. This inventory was administered to 693 voluntarily enrolled participants in five family support programs aimed at reducing child abuse and neglect. The components of the inventory assess key aspects of parenting behavior as defined by ecological theories of human development. Included are measures of depression, parental knowledge of child developmental milestones, parental attitudes toward childrearing, and social support available to and used by the family unit. Response burden, internal consistency of each measure, and content, criterion, and construct validity are examined. The results show that the inventory can be administered in field settings with minimum disruption of service activities. Two of the four measures achieved satisfactory reliability and convergent validity (i.e., the depression scale and social support scale). Assessment of construct validity yielded results in accord with the ecological model of child development and family function. |
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