Parenting practices during early childhood: validity evidence of a Brazilian scale.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

The present study aims to analyze the validity of evidence and internal consistency of an inventory for assessing parenting practices during early childhood.

Method

Participants were 857 mothers of one-to-42-months children recruited in three cities in the Southeast region and one city in the Midwest region of Brazil. The participants answered a sociodemographic questionnaire with maternal and child data, and the Parenting Styles Inventory for Mothers of Babies (IEPMB). The IEPMB includes 25 questions about positive and negative parenting practices that mothers use to raise their children. An exploratory and confirmatory factor analysis was conducted using the following criteria to indicate adequate model fit: root-mean-square error of approximation (RMSEA) < .08;

SUBMITTER: Rodrigues OMPR 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9617280 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Nov-Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature