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Psychometric Analysis of the Catalan Version of the Alabama Parenting Questionnaire (APQ) in a Community Sample

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  10 January 2013

Beatriz Molinuevo ,
Yolanda Pardo  and
Rafael Torrubia
Beatriz Molinuevo*
Affiliation:
Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (Spain)
Yolanda Pardo
Affiliation:
Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (Spain)
Rafael Torrubia
Affiliation:
Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (Spain)
*
Correspondence concerning this article should be addressed to Beatriz Molinuevo Alonso. Unitat de Psicologia Mèdica, Departament de Psiquiatria i Medicina Legal. Facultat de Medicina, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Campus de Bellaterra, s/n, 08193 Bellaterra – Barcelona (Spain). Phone: +34-935811223. Fax: +34-935811435. E-mail: [email protected]
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Abstract

The aim of this study was to adapt to Catalan the parents' and children's global report forms of the Alabama Parenting Questionnaire (APQ), using a community sample of 364 children between 10 and 15 years old and their families. Sociodemographic information (from parents) and the presence of externalizing problems (from parents and teachers) were collected. The results suggest a 3-factor structure corresponding to the scales of Positive Parenting Practices (PPP), Inconsistent and Negative Discipline (IND) and Poor Monitoring/Supervision (PMS). The internal consistency is acceptable in all the scales, except for the IND in the children's format. The scales also present good convergent and discriminant validity, and the relations with the external variable studied pointed in the expected direction: inefficient parenting practices are related to the presence of more behavior problems in children. To sum up, the Catalan version of the parents' and children's global report forms of the APQ are considered suitable for use in the area of children's and adolescents' behavior problems.

El objetivo de este estudio ha sido la adaptación catalana de las versiones para padres/madres e hijos/as del formato autoinforme del Alabama Parenting Questionnaire (APQ) en una muestra comunitaria de 364 niños entre 10 y 15 años y sus familias. Se recogió información sociodemográfica (progenitores) y sobre la presencia de conducta externalizante (progenitores y maestros/as). Los resultados sugieren una estructura de 3 factores a partir de los cuales se han construido las escalas Prácticas Educativas Positivas (PEP), Disciplina Inconsistente y Negativa (DIN) y Escasa Monitorización/Supervisión (EMS). La consistencia interna es aceptable en todas ellas, excepto en la escala DIN de la versión para hijos/as, presentan buena validez convergente y discriminante, así como relaciones con la variable externa estudiada en el sentido esperado: las prácticas educativas parentales ineficientes se asocian con la presencia de mayor problemática conductual en los hijos/as. En suma, las versiones catalanas para padres/madres e hijos/as del formato autoinforme del APQ se presentan como un instrumento adecuado para su uso en el área de los problemas de conducta infanto-juveniles.

Keywords

parenting practicesAlabama Parenting QuestionnaireCatalanSpainprácticas educativas parentalesAlabama Parenting QuestionnaireCatalánEspaña
Type
Research Article
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The Spanish Journal of Psychology , Volume 14 , Issue 2 , November 2011 , pp. 944 - 955
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2011

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