Publications [#272005] of Kenneth A. Dodge

Journal Articles

1. Huang, L; Malone, PS; Lansford, JE; Deater Deckard, K; Di Giunnta, L; Bombi, AS; Bornstein, MH; Chang, L; Dodge, KA; Oburu, P; Pastorelli, C; Skinner, AT; Sorbring, E; Tapanya, S; Uribe Tirado, LM; Zelli, A; Alampay, L; Al Hassan, SM; Bacchini, D (2012). Measurement invariance of mother reports of discipline in different cultural contexts. Family Science, 2(3), 212-219. [doi]
   (last updated on 2024/04/23)

   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 7 to 10 years from each group. The results of exploratory factor analyses and multigroup 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.