Factor Structure and Measurement Invariance of the Very Short Form of Infant Behavior Questionnaire-Revised (IBQR-VSF): A Study among Vietnamese Children

The Infant Behavior Questionnaire-Revised (IBQ-R) assesses the temperament of infants in Western and non-Western countries. Although its factor analyses revealed three factors-surgency, negative affectivity, and effortful control-in the Western culture, the degree to which these are universal or cul...

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Published in:Healthcare (Basel) 2022-04, Vol.10 (4), p.689
Main Authors: Takegata, Mizuki, Ohashi, Yukiko, Nguyen, Hien Anh Thi, Toizumi, Michiko, Moriuchi, Hiroyuki, Dang, Duc Anh, Yoshida, Lay-Myint, Gartstein, Maria A, Putnam, Samuel, Kitamura, Toshinori
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Language:English
Subjects:
Babies
Child & adolescent psychiatry
Children & youth
Culture
Girls
Quantitative psychology
Questionnaires
Validation studies
Western culture
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Summary:The Infant Behavior Questionnaire-Revised (IBQ-R) assesses the temperament of infants in Western and non-Western countries. Although its factor analyses revealed three factors-surgency, negative affectivity, and effortful control-in the Western culture, the degree to which these are universal or culturally specific is unclear. This study developed a Vietnamese version of the IBQ-Revised Very Short Form (R-VSF) and examined its factor structure in a Vietnamese population. The Vietnamese IBQ-R VSF was administered to 292 mothers of infants between the ages of 3 and 18 months in Nha Trang city, Vietnam, between July and September 2019. After deleting items to achieve sufficient Cronbach's alphas for each scale (surgency, negative affectivity, and orienting/regulation), the remaining 28 items were aggregated to parcels subjected to exploratory factor analyses (EFAs). EFAs revealed a 3-factor model corresponding to the original theory, and confirmatory factor analyses indicated a good fit of this structural model. The final 3-factor model with parcels indicated measurement and structural invariance between mothers of boys and girls.
ISSN:2227-9032
2227-9032
DOI:10.3390/healthcare10040689