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Assessing care-based power-assertive parenting in Chinese families: Parent and child measures
Xinyin Chen1, Jiaxi Zhou1, Dan Li2
1Human Development-Quantitative Methods Division, Graduate School of Education, University of Pennsylvania.
Developmental Psychology
|May 5, 2025
Summary
New measures for care-based power-assertive parenting (CBPAP) in China show strong psychometric properties. These tools accurately link parenting styles to positive child social and academic outcomes, and reduced behavioral issues.
Area of Science:
- Developmental Psychology
- Cross-Cultural Psychology
- Psychometrics
Background:
- Limited measures exist for Chinese parenting styles and child development.
- Care-Based Power-Assertive Parenting (CBPAP) integrates care and power assertion, key aspects of Chinese parenting.
Purpose of the Study:
- To develop and validate parent- and child-report measures of CBPAP in rural China.
- To examine the psychometric properties and construct validity of the CBPAP measures.
Main Methods:
- Developed parent-report and child-report CBPAP measures for rural Chinese samples.
- Administered measures to mothers of kindergarteners and fourth-grade students.
- Collected data on children's social, academic, and behavioral adjustment from multiple sources.
Main Results:
- The CBPAP measures demonstrated a satisfactory one-factor model fit and good internal consistency.
- Measurement invariance confirmed the factor structure across gender and grade levels.
- CBPAP measures positively correlated with children's social and academic competence and negatively with behavioral problems.
Conclusions:
- The developed CBPAP measures possess sound psychometric properties for use in Chinese contexts.
- CBPAP is a valid construct associated with positive child adjustment outcomes.
- These measures offer a valuable tool for research on Chinese parenting and child development.
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