Abstract

AGUILAR, Javier  and  AGUILAR, Amira. Construct validity of the Scale of Parental Authority for Mexican Adolescents. Acta de investigación psicol [online]. 2013, vol.3, n.3, pp.1228-1237. ISSN 2007-4719.

The purpose of this study was to provide evidence for the construct Validity of the Scale of Parental Authority for Mexican Adolescents developed by Aguilar, Valencia and Romero (2004). based on operationalization of attitudes and behaviors characteristic of parenting styles according Buri approach (1991). An exploratory factor analysis with orthogonal rotation, suggested the existence of four parenting styles: authoritative, authoritarian, permissive and neglectful. The confirmatory factor analysis sustained a four-factor model, as one of three, since various fit indices were satisfactory, but in the first model, the permissive factor presented an unsatisfactory reliability coefficient. In both models, all structural coefficients were significant, supporting the convergent validity of the different scales, while low or negative values of the covariance between the factors indicate discriminant validity. In addition, structural regression analysis showed significant impacts of authoritative and neglectful styles on work avoidance, self-esteem and depression.

Keywords : Parental authority styles; Construct validity; Confirmatory factor analysis; Exploratory factor analysis; Structural regression analysis.