Measurement invariance of discipline in different cultural contexts
Year: 2011
Type: article
Study design: Observational Study
Abstract: The measurement invariance of mother-reported use of 18 discipline strategies was examined in samples from 13 different ethnic/cultural groups in nine countries (China, Colombia, Italy, Jordan, Kenya, the Philippines, Sweden, Thailand, and the United States). Participants included approximately 100-120 mothers and their children aged 7 to 10 years from each group. The results of exploratory factor analyses and multigroup categorical confirmatory factor analyses (MCCFA) indicated that a seven-factor solution was feasible across the cultural groups, as shown by marginally sufficient evidence for configural and metric invariance for the mother-reported frequency on the discipline interview. This study makes a contribution on measurement invariance to the parenting literature, and establishes the mother-report aspect of the discipline interview as an instrument for use in further cross-cultural research on discipline.
Source: Family Science
Authors: Li Huang, Patrick S. Malone, Jennifer E. Lansford, Kirby Deater-Deckard, Laura Di Giunta, Anna Silvia Bombi, Marc H. Bornstein, Lei Chang, Kenneth A. Dodge, Paul Oburu, Concetta Pastorelli, Ann T. Skinner, Emma Sorbring, Sombat Tapanya, Liliana Maria Uribe Tirado, Arnaldo Zelli, Liane Alampay, Suha M. Al-Hassan, Dario Bacchini
Institutions: Tuskegee University, University of South Carolina, Duke University, Virginia Tech, Sapienza University of Rome, Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, Chinese University of Hong Kong, Maseno University, University West, Chiang Mai University, Universidad de San Buenaventura, Foro Italico University of Rome, Ateneo de Manila University, Hashemite University, University of Campania "Luigi Vanvitelli"
Language: English
Field: Decision Sciences
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: green
Awards: Methodological Developments in the Prevention of Adolescent Drug Use, Parent Behavior and Child Adjustment Across Cultures, Adolescent Drug Use: Development, Prevention and Policy, Childhood, Adolescence, and Covid-Related Risk and Protective Factors in the Development of Adjustment in Early Adulthood Across Cultures
OpenAlex ID: W1997419111