Abstract

CASAIS MOLINA, Danahe; FLORES GALAZ, Mirta  and  DOMINGUEZ ESPINOSA, Alejandra. Perception of parenting practices: confirmatory analysis of a scale for adolescents. Acta de investigación psicol [online]. 2017, vol.7, n.2, pp.2717-2726. ISSN 2007-4719.  https://doi.org/10.1016/j.aipprr.2017.06.001.

The parental parenting practices are significant in the early stages of development. In adolescence, although there is influence from other social spheres, these parental practices still continue to play a significant role. However the design and construction of measurement instruments for these adolescent parenting practices have been characterized by the complexization of variables. This research aims to elaborate and provide evidence of structural validity of the Parenting Perception Scale for Adolescents (Flores et al., 2010) in a sample consisted of 623 adolescents of Mérida, Yucatán, between 12 and 18 years old (51.8% are women, and 48.2% are men)). The results showed that the structural equivalence and confirmatory analyzes obtained significant adjustments (X 2 = 1,423.049, gl = 374, P = .000; CFI = .916, GFI = .917, TLI = .909, RMSEA = .049, RMR = .055) in a three dimensional model: the affectivity dimension (a = 93), the control dimension (a = .81) and the support dimension (a = .62). Psychometric properties and evidence of significant structural validity in the scale were found. It is reported that the affective dimension and the support dimension are associated with the perception of maternal parenting practices in adolescents, while the control dimension is associated with perception of parental parenting practices.

Keywords : Perception teen parenting practices; Measurement; Affection; Control; Support.