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Validation of the Parental Responsiveness Scale
Paulina Anikiej-Wiczenbach1, Maria Kaźmierczak1
1Institute of Psychology, Faculty of Social Science, University of Gdansk, Gdansk, Poland.
Current Issues in Personality Psychology
|November 28, 2023
Summary
A new Parental Responsiveness Scale was developed and validated, offering a reliable tool for assessing how parents respond to their young children's cues. This scale aids research in child development and parental differences.
Area of Science:
- Developmental Psychology
- Family Studies
- Psychometrics
Background:
- Parental responsiveness involves promptly and adequately reacting to a child's cues.
- No existing self-report scale effectively measures parental responsiveness.
- This study aimed to create a valid scale for parents to report on their responsiveness.
Purpose of the Study:
- To construct a valid and reliable self-report scale for measuring parental responsiveness in parents of young children.
- To provide a tool for subjective reporting of parental behavior towards child cues.
Main Methods:
- Developed the Parental Responsiveness Scale.
- Recruited 250 parents of children aged 1-18 months.
- Administered the scale alongside Empathic Sensitivity and Experience in Close Relationships-Revised scales for external validation.
Main Results:
- Confirmatory analysis confirmed a one-dimensional structure with a good model fit.
- External validation showed significant correlations between parental responsiveness and empathic concern (r = .30), perspective-taking (r = .31), and avoidance (r = .23).
Conclusions:
- The Parental Responsiveness Scale is a valid and reliable instrument.
- The scale can be utilized in research on child development, family dynamics, and parental individual differences.
- The scale also holds potential utility in practical applications.
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