TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2005//
TI  - Factor Structure of the Parenting Scale in a Low-Income African American Sample
JO  - Journal of child and family studies
A1  - Steele, Ric
A1  - Nesbitt-Daly, Jill
A1  - Daniel, Robert
A1  - Forehand, Rex
SP  - 535
EP  - 549
VL  - 14
IS  - 4
N2  - We evaluated the relative goodness-of-fit of two factor structures of the Parenting Scale (Arnold, O'Leary, Wolf, & Acker, 1993) among two samples of low-income African American families. Participants included 271 mother-child dyads from urban and rural areas in the southern and southeastern US, who completed the Parenting Scale along with other measures of parenting style and dyadic relationship. Confirmatory Factor Analyses (CFA) indicated that a two-factor solution, comprising Laxness and Overreactivity dimensions, was the better fit to the data. Some direct evidence for convergent validity was provided by a correlation between the Laxness factor of the Parenting Scale and the Firm/Lax Control subscale of the Children's Report of Parenting Behavior Inventory (CRPBI). Results are discussed in term of Brody and Flor's (1998) "no nonsense" parenting style.<p /> 
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SN  - 1062-1024
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10826-005-7187-x
ID  - ref1
ER  -