Confirmatory Factor Analyses of the Parent Attributions Questionnaire among Asian Immigrant Mothers

Autor/inn/en	Ren, Huiguang; Sun, Shuyan; Cheah, Charissa S. L.; Sang, Biao; Liu, Junsheng
Titel	Confirmatory Factor Analyses of the Parent Attributions Questionnaire among Asian Immigrant Mothers
Quelle	In: International Journal of Behavioral Development, 43 (2019) 2, S.185-193 (9 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0165-0254
DOI	10.1177/0165025418798492
Schlagwörter	Questionnaires; Attribution Theory; Parent Attitudes; Asians; Immigrants; Mothers; Mother Attitudes; Factor Analysis; Parenting Styles; Parent Child Relationship; Preschool Children; Factor Structure; Measurement; Success; Failure; Test Reliability + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Fragebogen; Elternverhalten; Asian; Asiat; Asiatin; Asiaten; Asiate; Immigrant; Immigrantin; Immigranten; Mother; Mutter; Mutterliebe; Faktorenanalyse; Parents-child relationship; Parent-child-relation; Parent-child relationship; Eltern-Kind-Beziehung; Pre-school age; Preschool age; Child; Children; Pre-school education; Preschool education; Vorschulalter; Kind; Kinder; Vorschulkind; Vorschulkinder; Vorschulerziehung; Vorschule; Faktorenstruktur; Messverfahren; Erfolg; Testreliabilität
Abstract	The present study examined the factor structure of maternal attributions regarding their caregiving experiences, measured by the Parent Attributions Questionnaire, among Asian immigrant mothers. Chinese and Korean immigrant mothers (N = 333, mean age (M[subscript age]) = 36.79 years, standard deviation (SD) = 4.79) with preschool children (M[subscript age] = 4.43 years, SD = 1.31) reported their attributions regarding the reasons for their success and failure at seven daily caregiving tasks, and demographic information. Three structure models were tested: the unidimensional structure model; the internal-external structure model; and the controllable-uncontrollable structure model. Results revealed that the controllability-based structure fitted the data better than the unidimensional or locus-based structure of parental attributions. Metric and partial scalar invariance of the controllability-based model were established between Chinese and Korean immigrant mothers. Asian immigrant mothers focused on whether the causes for the parenting outcomes were controllable or uncontrollable when attributing the causes of their caregiving experiences. The superiority of the controllable-uncontrollable over the internal-external structure model in this sample may reflect Asian immigrant mothers' Confucian-based heritage cultural emphasis on their responsibility for creating optimal childrearing for their children. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01