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- Title
Factor structure of the “Me as A Parent” scale in a community sample of Portuguese mothers.
- Authors
Marques, Teresa; Isabel Pereira, Ana; Barros, Luísa; Roberto, Magda S.
- Abstract
This study aimed to examine the factor structure of the Portuguese version of a parental selfregulation measure: "Me as a Parent" (MaaP). A confirmatory factor analysis was conducted with an online convenience sample of 370 mothers of children aged between 3 and 15 (M = 9, SD = 3.74). Results showed that in this sample, the original structure of the MaaP was not confirmed. The revised model with three first-order factors showed good fit indices, χ2 = 202.37, p < .001, χ2/df = 101, CFI = .92, TLI = .91; SRMR = .05, RMSEA = .05, 90% CI = [0.046, 0.063]. The factors of MaaP showed good internal consistency, except for Personal Agency. The instrument achieved discriminant validity and showed good test-retest reliability. Although the MaaP seems to be a promising measure, the present results show that more research is needed to validate this new scale.
- Subjects
FACTOR structure; CONFIRMATORY factor analysis; MOTHERS; STATISTICAL reliability; TEST validity
- Publication
Psicologia: Revista da Associacao Portuguesa Psicologia, 2020, Vol 34, Issue 2, p205
- ISSN
0874-2049
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.17575/psicologia.v34i2.1637