ERIC Number: EJ1452577
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2025
Pages: 12
Abstractor: As Provided
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ISSN: ISSN-2059-0776
EISSN: EISSN-2059-0784
Psychometric Properties of the Alabama Parenting Questionnaire-Child Form (APQ-CF) in Turkish Adolescents
Educational and Developmental Psychologist, v42 n1 p82-93 2025
Objective: There are multiple risk factors, such as individual features, parenting behaviours, and peer influences associated with the development of conduct problems. The Alabama Parenting Questionnaire-Child Form (APQ-CF) is a commonly used instrument to measure parenting behaviours. The study aimed to examine the factor structure of the instrument report in the Turkish context. Method: The psychometric properties of the Turkish translation of the APQ-CF was examined with a sample of 357 high school students (M[subscript age] = 15.68, SD = 1.07, 54.1% female). Confirmatory factor analyses were conducted to examine the factor structure of the APQ. In addition, criterion-related validity and reliability coefficients for the scale were investigated. Gender differences were examined with independent samples t-tests. Results: Confirmatory factor analyses with a five-factor solution (involvement, positive parenting, poor monitoring/supervision, inconsistent discipline, and corporal punishment) showed good fit. Criterion-related validity indicated that the monitoring subscale is positively correlated with conduct problems and prosocial behaviours; mother involvement and father involvement were positively associated with prosocial behaviours. Significant gender differences emerged; while girls received more mother involvement and positive parenting, boys received less monitoring behaviours. Conclusions: These findings are indicative of acceptable psychometric properties for the Turkish version of the APQ-CF. Researchers and practitioners can use the instrument to measure parenting behaviours regarding conduct problems for various purposes such as diagnosis, treatment and intervention, and relation to behavioural and mental health outcomes.
Descriptors: Psychometrics, Questionnaires, Child Rearing, Culture Fair Tests, Media Adaptation, Test Construction, Adolescents, Foreign Countries, High School Students, Gender Differences, Parent Participation, Positive Attitudes, Supervision, Discipline, Prosocial Behavior, Test Reliability
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: High Schools; Secondary Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Turkey
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