Ann T. Skinner

Publications [#354793] of Ann T. Skinner

Journal Articles

  1. Huang, L and Malone, PS and Lansford, JE and Deater-Deckard, K and Giunta, LD and Bombi, AS and Bornstein, MH and Chang, L and Dodge, KA and Oburu, P and Pastorelli, C and Skinner, AT and Sorbring, E and Tapanya, S and Tirado, LMU and Zelli, A and Alampay, L and Al-Hassan, SM and Bacchini, D, Measurement invariance of discipline in different cultural contexts, Family Science, vol. 2 no. 3 (2011), pp. 212--219, ISSN 1942-4620 [doi]
    (last updated on 2021/01/29)

    Abstract:
    The measurement invariance of mother-reported use of 18 discipline strategies was examined in samples from 13 different ethnic/cultural groups in nine countries (China, Colombia, Italy, Jordan, Kenya, the Philippines, Sweden, Thailand, and the United States). Participants included approximately 100-120 mothers and their children aged seven to 10 years from each group. The results of exploratory factor analyses and multi-group categorical confirmatory factor analyses (MCCFA) indicated that a seven-factor solution was feasible across the cultural groups, as shown by marginally sufficient evidence for configural and metric invariance for the mother-reported frequency on the discipline interview. This study makes a contribution on measurement invariance to the parenting literature, and establishes the mother-report aspect of the discipline interview as an instrument for use in further cross-cultural research on discipline. © 2011 Taylor & Francis.