Article ID Journal Published Year Pages File Type
314819 Archives of Psychiatric Nursing 2016 5 Pages PDF
Abstract

BackgroundNo instrument exists to measure parent beliefs about early social–emotional development, which is foundational for child outcomes. We developed and tested an instrument to measure parent beliefs.MethodsPositive parenting was defined from the literature and 84 items were developed based on the theory of planned behavior (TPB). The instrument was tested with mothers (N = 200) from the United States.ResultsData support our initial supposition of five factors based upon the TPB, which accounted for 65.5% of the total variance.ConclusionThe instrument demonstrates strong initial psychometric properties and is ready for further testing.

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