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- Title
Parents' beliefs about children's emotions questionnaire: psychometric properties of the Portuguese version among a sample of parents of school-aged children.
- Authors
Caiado, Brígida; Moreira, Helena; Canavarro, Maria Cristina
- Abstract
The present study aims to explore the factor structure and psychometric properties of the Portuguese version of the Parents' Beliefs About Children's Emotions Questionnaire (PBACE), a self-report questionnaire composed of seven scales: Cost of Positivity, Value of Anger, Manipulation, Control, Parental Knowledge (PN), Autonomy and Stability. A confirmatory factor analysis was conducted to assess the factorial structure of PBACE (seven independent models corresponding to the seven scales and a seven-factor correlated model were tested), in a sample of 411 parents (83.2% mothers) of children aged 6–13 years old. All the analyzed models, except for the PN scale, presented an adequate fit. Adequate Cronbach's alpha values were found for all the scales, except for the PN and Stability scales. PBACE construct validity was attested by the significant correlations between the PBACE scales and child's temperament, parental neuroticism, parental anxiety, parental overprotection and parental support of child's coping behaviors. No gender differences were found in responses of PBACE scales. Therefore, the Portuguese version of the PBACE proved to be a psychometrically valid measure for assessing different parents' beliefs about children's emotions (positive and negative). However, the use of PN scale is not recommended given its low Cronbach alpha, poor fit to the data and weak or nonsignificant correlations with the remaining subscales.
- Subjects
PSYCHOMETRICS; TEMPERAMENT; SCHOOL children; PARENTAL overprotection; CRONBACH'S alpha; PARENTS; CONFIRMATORY factor analysis; MOTHER-child relationship
- Publication
Current Psychology, 2023, Vol 42, Issue 19, p16098
- ISSN
1046-1310
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1007/s12144-021-01504-1