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  • Developmental Psychology
  • Family Studies

Background:

  • The Alabama Parenting Questionnaire-9 (APQ-9) is a common tool for assessing parenting behaviors.
  • Previous studies show inconsistent reliability coefficients for its three subscales.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To estimate mean internal consistency reliability for APQ-9 subscales.
  • To identify factors causing variations in reliability coefficients.

Main Methods:

  • A reliability generalization meta-analysis was performed.
  • Included 113 coefficient alphas from 31,572 informants across 32 studies.

Main Results:

  • Mean alpha values were acceptable: .84 (positive parenting), .66 (inconsistent discipline), .70 (poor supervision).
  • Moderator analyses indicated administration format, country, language, population, score characteristics, and sample size influenced reliability.

Conclusions:

  • The parent-report APQ-9 is a useful measure of parenting behaviors.
  • Findings support APQ-9's utility despite reliability variations.
  • Identified moderators offer directions for future research and application.