THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE INVENTORY OF TRADITIONAL AND MODERN APPROACHES TO PARENTING: RELIABILITY AND VALIDITY

Year 2021, Volume: 5 Issue: 9, 295 - 311, 17.12.2021

Huri Gül Bayram Gülaçtı

https://doi.org/10.53791/imgelem.986562

Abstract

Culture has an impact on shaping traditional and egalitarian attitudes that are essential factors affecting parenting and child outcomes. Although in the literature some scales focus on these attitudes about parenthood, none of them are appropriate for the Turkish cultural context. Thus, it is thought that the scale measuring these attitudes in the Turkish cultural context is vital for the proper evaluation of the relationship between these attitudes and other constructs. Therefore, the main aim of the current study was to develop a reliable and valid measure exploring parents’ traditional and modern approaches to parenting. Factor analysis results showed that the Inventory of Traditional and Modern Approaches to Parenting has two dimensions: traditional and modern approaches. Also, the internal consistency scores and significant associations between the factors of the scale and other related constructs demonstrated that the Inventory of Traditional and Modern Approaches to Parenting had good psychometric properties in terms of reliability and validity. In sum, this new scale can be used to assess parents' traditional or modern attitudes toward parenthood.

Keywords

Traditional Approach, Modern Approach, Parenting, Reliability, Validity

Thanks

I would like to thank Prof. Dr. Sibel Kazak Berument for her supervision and supportive feedback during the manuscript writing process.

EBEVEYNLİĞE GELENEKSEL VE MODERN YAKLAŞIMLAR ÖLÇEĞİ’NİN GELİŞTİRİLMESİ: GÜVENİRLİK VE GEÇERLİK

Abstract

Kültürün, ebeveynlik ve çocuklarla ilgili birçok çıktıyı etkilediğini düşündüğümüz geleneksel ve eşitlikçi tutumların şekillenmesinde oldukça etkili olduğu düşünülmektedir. Alanyazında ebeveynlikle ilgili bu tutumlara odaklanan bazı ölçekler olmasına rağmen hiçbiri Türk kültürel bağlamına uygun değildir. Dolayısıyla Türk kültürü bağlamında bu tutumları ölçen bir ölçeğin, bu tutumlar ile diğer yapılar arasındaki ilişkinin doğru bir şekilde değerlendirilmesi açısından önemli olduğu düşünülmektedir. Bu nedenle, mevcut çalışmanın temel amacı, ebeveynlerin ebeveynliğe geleneksel ve modern yaklaşımlarını ölçen güvenilir ve geçerli bir ölçüm aracı geliştirmektir. Faktör analizi sonuçları, Ebeveynliğe Geleneksel ve Modern Yaklaşımlar Ölçeği’nin iki boyutu olduğunu göstermiştir: geleneksel ve modern yaklaşımlar. Ayrıca, iç tutarlılık puanları ve ölçeğin faktörleri ile diğer ilgili yapılar arasındaki anlamlı ilişkiler, Ebeveynliğe Geleneksel ve Modern Yaklaşımlar Ölçeği’nin güvenirlik ve geçerlik açısından uygun psikometrik özelliklere sahip olduğunu göstermiştir. Özetle, bu yeni ölçek, ebeveynlerin ebeveynliğe yönelik geleneksel veya modern tutumlarını değerlendirmek için kullanılabilir.

Keywords

Geleneksel Yaklaşım, Modern Yaklaşım, Ebeveynlik, Güvenirlik, Geçerlik, Geleneksel Yaklaşım, Modern Yaklaşım, Ebeveynlik, Güvenirlik, Geçerlik

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