TY - JOUR
T1 - Parenting quality from observational ratings at age 2
T2 - validation from Norwegian and U.S. Samples
AU - Nordahl, Kristin Berg
AU - Owen, Margaret Tresch
AU - Ribeiro, Luísa Antunes
AU - Zachrisson, Henrik Daae
PY - 2020/10/1
Y1 - 2020/10/1
N2 - This study investigated the construct validity of a proposed measure of parenting quality derived from extensively used observational ratings of parenting in mother-child interaction procedures with 2-year-olds in two large samples. Data included global ratings of mother-child interaction in an unstructured free-play and a semi-structured teaching task from the Behavior Outlook Norwegian Developmental Study (N = 1157) and from the Three Boxes procedure used in the NICHD Study of Early Child Care and Youth Development (N = 1364). Confirmatory Factor Analyses, including ratings of mothers’ sensitivity, detachment, intrusiveness, cognitive stimulation, positive regard and negative regard, revealed a similarly structured latent parenting construct across samples and observational procedures, supporting the structural and content validity, and the generalizability of the measure. In the Norwegian sample, better predictive validity to child outcomes at age 4 was found from the semi-structured teaching task than from the less structured free-play task. Comparable predictive validity to child outcomes was found for the U.S. sample's latent parenting quality construct. The results hold implications for the careful selection and study of observational procedures for measuring parenting quality in early childhood.
AB - This study investigated the construct validity of a proposed measure of parenting quality derived from extensively used observational ratings of parenting in mother-child interaction procedures with 2-year-olds in two large samples. Data included global ratings of mother-child interaction in an unstructured free-play and a semi-structured teaching task from the Behavior Outlook Norwegian Developmental Study (N = 1157) and from the Three Boxes procedure used in the NICHD Study of Early Child Care and Youth Development (N = 1364). Confirmatory Factor Analyses, including ratings of mothers’ sensitivity, detachment, intrusiveness, cognitive stimulation, positive regard and negative regard, revealed a similarly structured latent parenting construct across samples and observational procedures, supporting the structural and content validity, and the generalizability of the measure. In the Norwegian sample, better predictive validity to child outcomes at age 4 was found from the semi-structured teaching task than from the less structured free-play task. Comparable predictive validity to child outcomes was found for the U.S. sample's latent parenting quality construct. The results hold implications for the careful selection and study of observational procedures for measuring parenting quality in early childhood.
KW - Construct validity
KW - Measurement model
KW - Observational methods
KW - Parenting quality
KW - Structured interaction
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85086372257&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1016/j.ecresq.2020.05.010
DO - 10.1016/j.ecresq.2020.05.010
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85086372257
SN - 0885-2006
VL - 53
SP - 379
EP - 390
JO - Early Childhood Research Quarterly
JF - Early Childhood Research Quarterly
ER -