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THIS ARTICLE HAS BEEN RETRACTED Measurement of Parenting Intention, Decision‐Making, and Expectations
Author(s) -
Weber Scott,
Hill Betty J.,
Ren Dianxu,
Beatty Rodger L.
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
perspectives in psychiatric care
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.538
H-Index - 35
eISSN - 1744-6163
pISSN - 0031-5990
DOI - 10.1111/j.1744-6163.2010.00262.x
Subject(s) - psychology , scale (ratio) , reliability (semiconductor) , developmental psychology , lesbian , parenting styles , theory of planned behavior , measure (data warehouse) , social psychology , clinical psychology , control (management) , power (physics) , physics , management , quantum mechanics , database , computer science , psychoanalysis , economics
PURPOSE. This article described the field‐testing of the 28‐item Parenting Paradigms Scale, a measure of adults' intentions and behavioral assumptions related to parenting and parenthood. DESIGN AND METHODS. Three parent groups developed prospective items describing parenting attitudes and expectations that reflected the four constructs of Aizen's Theory of Planned Behavior, a theoretical framework for predicting behavior. FINDINGS. The resulting Parenting Paradigms Scale was reviewed for content validity, was pilot tested, and was administered to 340 lesbian and gay adults 18–72 years of age who were parents to at least one child younger than 18 years old at the time of assessment. PRACTICE IMPLICATIONS. The Parenting Paradigms Scale measure demonstrated reliability and validity as a measure of social norms, assumptions, and expectations regarding parenting or planned parenting.