Mexican Parenting Questionnaire (MPQ)

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Mothers; Mexican Americans; Focus Groups; Child Rearing; Immigrants; Mexicans; Children; Student Behavior; Factor Analysis; Parenting Styles; Interviews; Elementary School Students; Questionnaires

10.1177/0739986312437010

0739-9863

The present study was conducted in four phases and constructed a self-report parenting instrument for use with Mexican immigrant mothers of children aged 6 to 10. The 14-item measure was based on semistructured qualitative interviews with Mexican immigrant mothers (N = 10), was refined by a focus group of Mexican immigrant mothers (N = 5), and was then completed by a larger sample of Mexican immigrant mothers (N = 168). Children's socioemotional and behavioral competence was examined on a subset of children (N = 30) from family drawings and teacher reports of behavior. Items of the parenting instrument pertained to one of three general parenting constructs: Warmth, Monitoring, and Discipline. Using confirmatory factor analyses (CFA) and respecification procedures, the three models were found to be a good fit with the data. Subscales consisted of moderate levels of internal consistency and predicted several children's behaviors. (Contains 4 tables and 3 figures.)

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2012

EJ967376