Abstract
There are criticisms on the factor structure and internal consistency of
Parental Authority Questionnaire (PAQ) during cross-cultural validation
with non-Western participants. Therefore, the construct of parenting needs
validation in compatibility with indigenous cultural values of the
respective population. The objective of the present study was to verify the
factor structure of PAQ-Urdu version among low socio-economic status
(SES) versus high socio-economic status adolescents within their
collectivist cultural context. In the theoretical background of Baumrind’s
theory of parenting (1971), it was hypothesized that data will support the
hierarchical structure of Parental Authority Questionnaire with three
factors and respective factor loadings. Two confirmatory factor analysis
models were separately tested for low-SES (n = 142) and high-SES (n =
145) adolescents, controlling for the effects of age and gender. Findings
showed that both models initially lacked acceptable fit with the data. After
item deletion, model fit improved to the acceptable level. The study
highlighted the cultural relevance of perceived parenting styles and a need
for the development of an indigenous measure of parenting.
Najia Zulfiqar. (2020) Confirmatory Factor Analysis of Parental Authority Questionnaire: Socioeconomic Differences Among Adolescents, Journal of Behavioural Sciences, Volume-30, Issue-1.
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