title: Development and initial validation of a perceived parental behavior inventory for African adolescents.
abstract: The Perceived Parental Behavior Inventory was designed to measure three dimensions of students' perceptions of the behaviors of their parents. This study was conducted to determine the statistical validity and theta reliability of the instrument which was administered to 274 students attending a co-educational high school in Cape Town, South Africa. Factor analysis clearly identified the three subscales indicating that the instrument distinguished the students' perceptions of their parents' behaviors in three areas. Estimates of internal consistency of the subscales were assessed using the squared multiple correlation as the index of reliability.
authors.affiliation: School of Education, University of Cape Town, Rondebosch, South Africa.
authors.forename: M M
authors.initials: MM
authors.lastname: Mboya
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D003431:Cross-Cultural Comparison; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010287:Parent-Child Relations; D010555:Personality Inventory / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D000297:Psychology, Adolescent; D011594:Psychometrics; D012016:Reference Values; D013019:South Africa