Development and Validation of a Questionnaire on Chinese Parents’ Beliefs in Parental Roles and Responsibilities

Lam, Ching Man; To, Siu Ming; Kwong, Wai Man

doi:10.1007/s11482-018-9682-4

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“…Then, descriptive statistics were calculated for the demographic variables and the scale items. To evaluate the factor structure of the PSS-JSAS, the split sample procedure for scale validation was followed (see Coelho et al, 2018 ; Lam et al, 2020 ; Liss et al, 2013 ; Ng, 2013 ). Specifically, the sample size of 429 was randomly divided into two subsamples using the random case selection function in SPSS.…”

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The Perceived Social Support for Job Search Activity Scale (PSS-JSAS): A psychometric evaluation in the context of Ghana

Teye‐Kwadjo

2021

Curr Psychol

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Lack of social support can have a profound impact on the job search efforts of young adults. The Perceived Social Support for Job Search Activity Scale (PSS-JSAS) was developed to assess the quality of social support a job seeker receives during a job search. Building on this previous work, the present study assessed the PSS-JSAS’s factor structure, construct validity, reliability, and measurement invariance in the context of Ghana. Data for the present analysis were provided by 429 recent university graduates. The sample was randomly split into two subsamples for exploratory factor analysis (EFA; n = 223) and confirmatory factor analysis (CFA; n = 206). EFA and parallel analysis with the first subsample suggested a single factor structure, comprising 6 items out of the original 8 items. In CFA with the second subsample, the construct validity of the single factor structure was found to be optimal. Multi-group CFA with the second subsample showed that the single factor structure was invariant across gender. Further, reliability analysis on the total sample and the subsamples demonstrated good internal consistency reliability for the 6 items. The validity evidence obtained in this study suggests that the PSS-JSAS has good psychometric properties and is thus suitable for assessing social support for job search efforts of university graduates.

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The Perceived Social Support for Job Search Activity Scale (PSS-JSAS): A psychometric evaluation in the context of Ghana

Teye‐Kwadjo

2021

Curr Psychol

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“…The findings suggested that concerted cultivation was positively associated with adolescent anxiety and depression via parent-child conflict. There has been a general belief that parents ought to prepare a ‘winning’ start for their children [ 73 ]. Hence, parents become obsessive to search for different tutorials and enrichment programs for their children [ 5 , 16 ].…”

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Concerted Cultivation and Adolescent Psychopathology over Time-Mediation of Parent-Child Conflict

Leung

2020

IJERPH

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Background: Concerted cultivation is a parenting strategy that parents nurture their children intensively by involving heavily in their children’s academic sphere as well as offering them different structured “enrichment” activities so that their children can succeed in the future competitive “rug rat race”. While this parenting strategy has been regarded as an effective strategy to promote child and adolescent development, it is deemed to create stress and anxiety for their children. The present study examined the relationship between concerted cultivation and adolescent psychopathology (indexed by depression and anxiety) via parent–child conflict among Chinese adolescents in Hong Kong over time. Method: A sample of 1570 young adolescents (48.5% girls, mean age at time 1 = 12.6, SD = 0.76) were recruited from 19 secondary schools in Hong Kong. Adolescents were invited to fill out a questionnaire that contained measures of concerted cultivation, parent–child conflict, anxiety and depression in two consecutive years. Results: Results from structural equation modeling showed that higher levels of paternal concerted cultivation were associated with higher levels of adolescent psychopathology via increased father–child conflict over time. However, maternal concerted cultivation was linked to greater mother–child conflict but reduced father-child conflict, which was associated with adolescent psychopathology. Discussion: Rather than regarding concerted cultivation as an effective parenting strategy that promotes adolescent development, the findings indicated that concerted cultivation increased adolescent psychopathology via increased parent–child conflict. The study sheds new light for family practitioners and educators in their awareness of the adverse effects of concerted cultivation and designing appropriate parent education programs for parents.

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“…Parents are the primary caregivers and educators of their children, particularly in societies where collective culture prevails ( Lam et al, 2020 ). Family background and parental support significantly contribute to the well-being and growth of children.…”

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Roles of parents in life satisfaction and educational hope among Chinese high school students

Han,

Yuen

2024

Front. Psychol.

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The well-being of the Chinese high school students linked to the National Higher Education Entrance Examination, known as gaokao, has been a spotlight education issue in China. This study employed self-determination theory and Bourdieu’s sociocultural theory to examine the relationship between life satisfaction, educational hope, and parental support among Chinese high school students. A number of 3,810 high school students from eight schools in Jiangsu, China, completed a validated context-relevant questionnaire. Structural equation model analysis suggested that parental support significantly impacted students’ life satisfaction and educational hope. Findings showed that parental intangible support in terms of providing information, advice, encouragement, praise, and care has a direct and significant impact on the life satisfaction of Chinese youth. The extent to which students attach importance to and put effort into achieving their educational aspirations, known as goal commitment, mediated the relationship between parental support and life satisfaction. Moreover, Chinese high school students’ educational hope is shaped by their family. Parental support moderates goal commitment, which varies based on parental education background. In short, parents play a critical role in the growth and development of Chinese high school students.

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Development and Validation of a Questionnaire on Chinese Parents’ Beliefs in Parental Roles and Responsibilities

Cited by 8 publications

References 42 publications

The Perceived Social Support for Job Search Activity Scale (PSS-JSAS): A psychometric evaluation in the context of Ghana

The Perceived Social Support for Job Search Activity Scale (PSS-JSAS): A psychometric evaluation in the context of Ghana

Concerted Cultivation and Adolescent Psychopathology over Time-Mediation of Parent-Child Conflict

Roles of parents in life satisfaction and educational hope among Chinese high school students

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