Development and Validation of the Parenting Skill Use Diary (PSUD) in a Nationally Representative Sample.

ABSTRACT: Objective: We describe the development and psychometric properties of an instrument designed to assess the use of effective parenting skills reported with a daily diary. The Parenting Skill Use Diary (PSUD) was developed iteratively relying on a "common elements" approach to quantify the use of evidence-based parenting techniques for responding to child misbehaviors and positive behaviors.Method: The PSUD was administered online daily for seven days to parents/guardians of children aged 5-12. The nationally representative sample (N = 1,570) was selected to match the US population of such parents/guardians on key demographic variables.Results: The instrument demonstrated the ability to capture significant between person variability in the appropriate use of paren

SUBMITTER: Lindhiem O 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7416504 | biostudies-literature | 2021 May-Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature