Measuring the potential for child maltreatment: The reliability and validity of the Adult Adolescent Parenting Inventory—2

Conners, Nicola A.; Whiteside-Mansell, Leanne; Deere, Daniel; Ledet, Toni; Edwards, Marc

doi:10.1016/j.chiabu.2005.08.011

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“…In the present study, the Total score combines the item responses, computed so that a higher score implies greater child abuse potential. Acceptable internal consistency for this measure has been reported for the English version (Conners et al 2006), comparable to that obtained in the present study, Cronbach's alpha = .86.…”

Section: Abuse Risk Dependent Variablesupporting

confidence: 81%

A Preliminary Evaluation of the Spanish Parent–Child Aggression Acceptability Movie Task in Spain

2016

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The current study presents a preliminary evaluation of a Spanish adaptation of an implicit analog procedure, the Parent-child Aggression Acceptability Movie task (Spanish Parent-CAAM). Based on Social Information Processing theory, Spanish Parent-CAAM scores were expected to relate to self-reported PCA attitudes, negative child attributions, and child abuse risk in Spanish students; 245 undergraduates in Spain completed the Spanish Parent-CAAM along with selfreport measures of PCA attitudes, negative children attributions, inclination to punish misbehavior, and child abuse risk. Findings indicate Spanish Parent-CAAM scores were significantly related to explicit measures of PCA, attributions of intentional child misbehavior, propensity to punish such misbehavior, and increased child abuse potential. Results are considered within the cultural context of Spain's corporal punishment ban and PCA attitudes.

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Section: Abuse Risk Dependent Variablesupporting

confidence: 81%

A Preliminary Evaluation of the Spanish Parent–Child Aggression Acceptability Movie Task in Spain

2016

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“…For each question, respondents indicate, using a 7-point Likert scale (strongly agree to strongly disagree), to what extent they agree with a variety of statements regarding the appropriateness of spanking. According to the author [Holden, 2001], Chronbach's a for the instrument has ranged from .89-.91 for five different samples of parents, [Conners et al, 2006] yielded acceptable internal consistency for the full score (a 5 .85); with support for using the Total score but caution in using the individual scale scores. High scores on the AAPI-2 are indicative of favorable, appropriate parenting attitudes and behaviors, and thus, lower child abuse potential.…”

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confidence: 98%

Physical discipline, escalation, and child abuse potential: psychometric evidence for the Analog Parenting Task

Russa

Rodriguez

2010

Aggressive Behavior

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Data from three studies provide new evidence to support the validity of the Analog Parenting Task (APT) as an instrument to assess risk for harsh, physically aggressive parenting. In this series of studies, there was a strong association between APT scores of expected use and escalation of discipline strategies and self-reported disciplinary attitudes. APT scores were also associated with physical abuse potential as assessed by both a well-established measure of child abuse potential (Child Abuse Potential Inventory) and another instrument designed specifically for use in pre-parent populations (e.g., Adult-Adolescent Parenting Inventory-2). This study provides new psychometric evidence to support the use of the APT to assess harsh parenting. Additionally, these data highlight the connection between acceptance and use of physical disciplinary strategies, propensity for disciplinary escalation, and risk for abuse perpetration. The findings are discussed in the context of Milner's Social Information Processing model [Milner, 2003] of abuse, which suggests that parental selection of disciplinary responding and the monitoring of disciplinary responding are key events in the disciplinary process. The APT may prove a useful adjunct to more commonly used self-report measures to allow for multimethod assessment of risk for punitive parenting.

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“…Other research on the AAPI (Esaki 2008;Lutenbacher 2001) and AAPI-2 (Conners et al 2006), however, failed to confirm the instrument's factor structure, providing partial support for some AAPI subscales and none for others. Further, the AAPI focuses on inappropriate or problematic parenting practices rather than assessing agreement with both positive and negative practices.…”

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Measuring Attitudes Toward Acceptable and Unacceptable Parenting Practices

Budd

Behling

et al. 2011

J Child Fam Stud

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This study investigated the properties of a new rating instrument, the Parenting Questionnaire (PQ), designed to measure attitudes about acceptable and unacceptable parenting practices. In Study 1, subject matter experts representing culturally diverse psychologists, parents, and college students were consulted to identify 110 items receiving high endorsement. In Study 2, items were administered to 1,398 undergraduate students to examine their factor structure and the effects of ethnicity and gender differences on PQ factors. In Study 3, test-retest reliability (N = 92) and convergent validity (N = 142) of the PQ factors were examined. Exploratory factor analysis revealed three factors (total of 63 items) with high internal consistencies that accounted for a moderate amount of total variance (R 2 = .38). The factors were Critical Feedback (26 items), Supportive Feedback (26 items), and Physical Discipline (11 items). Significant ethnicity and gender differences were found on the three PQ factors, as well as a significant interaction between ethnicity and gender on the Supportive Feedback factor. PQ factor scores demonstrated good temporal stability, internal consistency, and convergent validity. Overall findings suggest that the PQ is a reliable, stable, and valid measure of attitudes toward parenting with three distinct factors. Future research directions with parents are discussed.

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Measuring the potential for child maltreatment: The reliability and validity of the Adult Adolescent Parenting Inventory—2

Cited by 98 publications

References 10 publications

A Preliminary Evaluation of the Spanish Parent–Child Aggression Acceptability Movie Task in Spain

A Preliminary Evaluation of the Spanish Parent–Child Aggression Acceptability Movie Task in Spain

Physical discipline, escalation, and child abuse potential: psychometric evidence for the Analog Parenting Task

Measuring Attitudes Toward Acceptable and Unacceptable Parenting Practices

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