Development of the Comprehensive General Parenting Questionnaire for caregivers of 5-13 year olds.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Despite the large number of parenting questionnaires, considerable disagreement exists about how to best assess parenting. Most of the instruments only assess limited aspects of parenting. To overcome this shortcoming, the "Comprehensive General Parenting Questionnaire" (CGPQ) was systematically developed. Such a measure is frequently requested in the area of childhood overweight.

Methods

First, an item bank of existing parenting measures was created assessing five key parenting constructs that have been identified across multiple theoretical approaches to parenting (Nurturance, Overprotection, Coercive control, Behavioral control, and Structure). Caregivers of 5- to 13-year-olds were asked to complete the online survey in the Netherlands (N = 821), Belgium (N = 4

SUBMITTER: Sleddens EF 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3926334 | biostudies-literature | 2014 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature