ERIC Number: EJ807749
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Publication Date: 2004
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Reliability and Validity of the Transracial Adoption Parenting Scale
Massatti, Richard R.; Vonk, M. Elizabeth; Gregoire, Thomas K.
Research on Social Work Practice, v14 n1 p43-50 2004
The present study provides information on the reliability and validity of the Transracial Adoption Parenting Scale (TAPS), a multidimensional 36-item Likert-type scale that measures cultural competence among transracial adoptive (TRA) parents. The TAPS was theoretically developed and refined through feedback from experts in TRA adoption. A cross-sectional survey design was used with a national nonprobability sample of 1,411 TRA parents. Each parent completed the 53-item TAPS and three other instruments with which to examine criterion and construct validity. After a preliminary factor analysis of the 53-item TAPS, the authors found that 36 items were retained in six factors. The 36-item TAPS had excellent reliability (Cronbach's alpha = 0.91), concurrent and discriminant validity were supported. Conclusion: Findings suggest that the TAPS holds promise of being a psychometrically sound instrument with which to measure cultural competence among TRA parents. Further investigation is warranted. (Contains 6 tables.)
Descriptors: Cultural Awareness, Construct Validity, Test Validity, Child Rearing, Measures (Individuals), Factor Analysis, Adoption, Test Reliability, Cultural Differences, Test Construction, Psychometrics, Surveys, Parents, Knowledge Level, Gender Differences, Racial Differences
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