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- Title
Psychometric Properties of the Parenting Efficacy Scale among Parents during the Postnatal Period in Singapore.
- Authors
Shorey, Shefaly; Wang, Wenru; Yang, Yen Yen; Yobas, Piyanee
- Abstract
Parenting self-efficacy is one of the important determinants that assists smooth transition to parenthood and has an impact on the parent-child relationship. The aim of the study was to test the psychometric properties of the Parenting Efficacy Scale (PES) among multi-ethnic parents in Singapore. A descriptive correlational repeated research design was adopted to test the performance measurement among 250 fathers and mothers (125 each). To examine the test-retest reliability of the PES, 211 participants (106 fathers and 105 mothers) were retested 4 weeks after the first test. Demographics such as age, ethnicity, monthly income, gender, and education were used to test the construct validity of the PES. A confirmatory factor analysis confirmed the single factor structure for the PES, fitting both parents. The scale demonstrated good internal consistency and test-retest reliability with Cronbach’s α coefficients of 0.91 and 0.75, respectively and intraclass correlation coefficients of 0.70 and 0.71 for fathers and mothers, respectively. The PES showed good content validity with a scale content validity index of 0.85. Parenting self-efficacy was predicted by age, ethnicity, and monthly household income. The PES is a psychometrically acceptable instrument for measuring parenting self-efficacy among multi-ethnic parents in Singapore. Hence, it can be used routinely to assess parental self-efficacy during the postnatal period.
- Subjects
SINGAPORE; PSYCHOMETRICS; PARENTING &; psychology; PUERPERIUM; SELF-efficacy; PARENT-child relationships; MULTIRACIAL people; AGE distribution; STATISTICAL correlation; ETHNIC groups; FACTOR analysis; RESEARCH methodology; PARENTING; RESEARCH evaluation; STATISTICAL reliability; MULTITRAIT multimethod techniques; RESEARCH methodology evaluation; INTRACLASS correlation; INCOME
- Publication
Journal of Child & Family Studies, 2018, Vol 27, Issue 6, p1786
- ISSN
1062-1024
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1007/s10826-018-1022-7