Parenting Adolescents: Examining the Factor Structure of the Alabama Parenting Questionnaire for Adolescents

The Alabama Parenting Questionnaire (APQ) is a well studied assessment of parenting practices for school-age children, especially in relation to child externalizing behaviors. Given the developmental changes between school-age children and adolescents and subsequent changes to parenting approaches d...

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Published in:Journal of child and family studies 2014-11, Vol.23 (8), p.1484-1490
Main Authors: Zlomke, Kimberly R., Lamport, Dustin, Bauman, Sarah, Garland, Beth, Talbot, Brett
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adolescents
Alabama
Behavior Problems
Behavioral Science and Psychology
Child and School Psychology
Child psychology
Childrearing Practices
Children
Discriminant analysis
Elementary School Students
Factor analysis
Original Paper
Parent Child Relations
Parent Participation
Parenting Styles
Parents
Parents & parenting
Preschool Children
Psychology
Psychometrics
Questionnaires
Social Sciences
Sociology
Teenagers
U.S.A
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Summary:The Alabama Parenting Questionnaire (APQ) is a well studied assessment of parenting practices for school-age children, especially in relation to child externalizing behaviors. Given the developmental changes between school-age children and adolescents and subsequent changes to parenting approaches during that time, the utility of a public-accessed measure to span across a broad age range is of high clinical and empirical importance. This study investigated the psychometric properties of the APQ in a community sample of 376 parents of adolescents. In an Exploratory Factor Analysis the data suggested a 4-factor solution similar in composition to the original 5-factor model. Proposed factors for the APQ when given to parents of adolescents included Positive and Involved Parenting, Parental Monitoring, Discipline Practices, and Discipline Process.
ISSN:1062-1024
1573-2843
DOI:10.1007/s10826-013-9803-5