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Development and Initial Testing of the Parent Beliefs about Early Childhood Social-Emotional Development Instrument
Deborah Winders Davis1, M Cynthia Logsdon2, John Myers1
1Department of Pediatrics, School of Medicine, University of Louisville, Louisville, KY.
Background:
No instrument exists to measure parent beliefs about early social-emotional development, which is foundational for child outcomes. We developed and tested an instrument to measure parent beliefs.
Methods:
Positive parenting was defined from the literature and 84 items were developed based on the theory of planned behavior (TPB). The instrument was tested with mothers (N=200) from the United States.
Results:
Data support our initial supposition of five factors based upon the TPB, which accounted for 65.5% of the total variance.
Conclusion:
The instrument demonstrates strong initial psychometric properties and is ready for further testing.
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