Attitudes toward Working Single Parents: Initial Development of a Measure

Autor/inn/en	Noble, Carrie L.; Eby, Lillian T.; Lockwood, Angie; Allen, Tammy D.
Titel	Attitudes toward Working Single Parents: Initial Development of a Measure
Quelle	In: Educational and Psychological Measurement, 64 (2004) 6, S.1030-1052 (23 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0013-1644
DOI	10.1177/0013164404264844
Schlagwörter	Measures (Individuals); Factor Analysis; Factor Structure; One Parent Family; Attitudes; Content Validity + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Messdaten; Faktorenanalyse; Faktorenstruktur; Single parent family; Ein-Eltern-Familie; Attitude; Einstellung; Verhalten
Abstract	Three studies describe the development and refinement of a measure designed to assess Attitudes Toward Working Single Parents (AWSP). Study 1 consisted of content validation of items written to assess respondent attitudes regarding the effect of single parenthood on two dimensions viewed as most central to the life experiences of single parents: work and family. Study 2 involved exploratory factor analysis and reliability analysis of the scores on the target measure. Finally, in Study 3, a confirmatory factor analysis was conducted to evaluate scale dimensionality, and discriminant, convergent, and subgroup validity coefficients were examined. The final scale may prove useful in guiding future research aimed at understanding the unique challenges faced by working single parents. (Author).
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Update	2017/4/10