Measurement invariance in the assessment of parenting practices: A cross-cultural comparison of China and the United States.
Measurement invariance in the assessment of parenting practices: A cross-cultural comparison of China and the United States.
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育儿实践评估的测量不变性：中国和美国的跨文化比较。
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10.1037/fam0001099
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2023
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Parent,Justin
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Zhao,Xin;Dale,Chelsea;Hare,Megan;DiMarzio,Karissa;Hayes,Timothy;Ahemaitijiang,Nigela;Han,ZhuoRachel;Parent,Justin
在与家庭一起工作时，以了解文化的方式评估育儿实践对临床实践至关重要。尽管许多育儿措施已被翻译成中文，但证明测量不变性的证据有限。本研究旨在考察积极和消极父母教养方式在大陆家庭中国和生活在美国的英语家庭中的测量不变性。377名6-12岁儿童的父母(770名英语儿童：父母M年龄=35.15岁，SD=7.96；儿童M年龄=9.50岁，SD=4.27；2237名中文儿童：父母M年龄=38.46岁，SD=4.42；儿童M年龄=9.40岁，SD=1.78)作为两个独立研究方案的一部分完成了父母养育方式多维评估量表。使用多组验证性因素分析(CFAs)，并检查了在因素和条目水平上的不变性来源。CFA显示，七因素解决方案在两个样本中都是可行的，结构和度量不变性证明了这一点。我们发现缺乏标量不变性；因此，我们构建了一个部分标量不变性模型，并给出了七个子尺度的潜在均值、相关性和方差。项目级参数估计和内容分析揭示了对该措施的潜在不同项目解释。缺乏标量不变性表明，研究人员不应该使用平均值差异(例如，来自简单的t检验)来使用常见的育儿问卷进行跨文化比较。相反，我们建议使用潜在变量建模(例如，结构方程建模)和未来改进措施的方向来分析数据，作为促进包容性育儿科学的更大努力的一部分。
Assessing parenting practices in a culturally informed manner is critical to clinical practice when working with families. Although many parenting measures have been translated into Chinese, limited evidence for measurement invariance is available. The present study aims to assess the measurement invariance of positive and negative parenting practices across Mandarin-speaking families living in Mainland China and English-speaking families living in the United States. Three thousand seven parents of children ages 6–12 years (770 English-speaking: parent M age= 35.15 years, SD= 7.96; child M age= 9.50 years, SD= 4.27; 2,237 Chinese-speaking: parent M age= 38.46 years, SD= 4.42; child M age= 9.40 years, SD= 1.78) completed the Multidimensional Assessment of Parenting Scale as a part of two separate research protocols. Multiple-group confirmatory factor analyses (CFAs) were used, and the source of invariance at the factor and item levels was examined. CFA revealed that a seven-factor solution was feasible across both samples, as evidenced by configural and metric invariance. We found a lack of scalar invariance; thus, we constructed a partial scalar invariance model and presented latent means, correlations, and variances of the seven subscales. Item-level parameter estimates and content analyses revealed potentially different item interpretations of the measure. The lack of scalar invariance suggests that researchers should not use mean differences (eg, from simple t tests) for cross-cultural comparisons using common parenting questionnaires. Instead, we recommend analyzing data utilizing latent variable modeling (eg, structural equation modeling) and future directions for improving measures as part of larger efforts for promoting inclusive parenting science.(PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2023 APA, all rights reserved)