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Validity of the parenting inventory: Young children
Author(s) -
Fox Robert A.,
Bentley Kathleen S.
Publication year - 1992
Publication title -
psychology in the schools
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.738
H-Index - 75
eISSN - 1520-6807
pISSN - 0033-3085
DOI - 10.1002/1520-6807(199204)29:2<101::aid-pits2310290202>3.0.co;2-#
Subject(s) - psychology , test validity , developmental psychology , predictive validity , construct validity , clinical psychology , psychometrics
The Parenting Inventory: Young Children (PI) is a rating scale that measures the developmental expectations and behaviors of parents of children who are between the ages of 1 and 4 years, 11 months. Using a representative urban sample of 1,056 mothers, the PI was found to discriminate successfully between parents with children of different ages and to have substantial item‐construct correlations (content validity). The PI was not strongly related to the Adult‐Adolescent Parenting Inventory, a measure of parenting attitudes (discriminant validity). Reasons for this latter finding are discussed. Potential uses of the PI for practitioners working with parents in the schools are described.