The measurement invariance of mother-reported use of 18 discipline strategies was examined in samples from 13 different ethnic/cultural groups in nine countries (China, Colombia, Italy, Jordan, Kenya, the Philippines, Sweden, Thailand, and the United States). Participants included approximately 100-120 mothers and their children aged seven to 10 years from each group. The results of exploratory factor analyses and multi-group categorical confirmatory factor analyses (MCCFA) indicated that a seven-factor solution was feasible across the cultural groups, as shown by marginally sufficient evidence for configural and metric invariance for the mother-reported frequency on the discipline interview. This study makes a contribution on measurement invariance to the parenting literature, and establishes the mother-report aspect of the discipline interview as an instrument for use in further cross-cultural research on discipline. © 2011 Taylor & Francis.
Measurement invariance of discipline in different cultural contexts / Li, Huang; Patrick S., Malone; Jennifer E., Lansford; Kirby Deater, Deckard; DI GIUNTA, Laura; Bombi, Anna Silvia; Marc H., Bornstein; Lei, Chang; Kenneth A., Dodge; Paul, Oburu; Pastorelli, Concetta; Ann T., Skinner; Emma, Sorbring; Sombat, Tapanya; Liliana Maria Uribe, Tirado; Arnaldo, Zelli; Liane, Alampay; Suha M., Al Hassan; Dario, Bacchini. - In: FAMILY SCIENCE. - ISSN 1942-4620. - 2:3(2011), pp. 212-219. [10.1080/19424620.2011.655997]
Measurement invariance of discipline in different cultural contexts
DI GIUNTA, Laura;BOMBI, Anna Silvia;PASTORELLI, Concetta;
2011
Abstract
The measurement invariance of mother-reported use of 18 discipline strategies was examined in samples from 13 different ethnic/cultural groups in nine countries (China, Colombia, Italy, Jordan, Kenya, the Philippines, Sweden, Thailand, and the United States). Participants included approximately 100-120 mothers and their children aged seven to 10 years from each group. The results of exploratory factor analyses and multi-group categorical confirmatory factor analyses (MCCFA) indicated that a seven-factor solution was feasible across the cultural groups, as shown by marginally sufficient evidence for configural and metric invariance for the mother-reported frequency on the discipline interview. This study makes a contribution on measurement invariance to the parenting literature, and establishes the mother-report aspect of the discipline interview as an instrument for use in further cross-cultural research on discipline. © 2011 Taylor & Francis.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.
