title: Validity of the Parenting Stress Index-Short Form in a sample of Spanish fathers.
abstract: The purpose of this study was to analyze the psychometric properties of the Spanish version of the Parenting Stress Index-Short Form in a sample of 115 fathers of infants aged between ten and thirty-nine months old. The exploratory factor analysis revealed three reasonably distinct factors, as in the original version of the instrument. The three extracted factors: Parental Distress, Parent-Child Dysfunctional Interaction and Difficult Child accounted for 47.48 % of the variance. The internal consistency coefficients were high in each factor or subscale. These results provided empirical evidence in favour of the reliability and validity of the Parenting Stress Index-Short Form in Spanish fathers, and can be useful to elucidate the mechanisms through which stress impacts parenting and permitting to develop more targeted interventions for infants and their families.
authors: Departamento de Psicología Evolutiva y de la Educación, Facultad de Psicología, 30100 Campus Universitario de Espinardo, Murcia, Spain. adiaz@um.es
authors: Angela
authors: A
authors: Díaz-Herrero
authors: José Antonio
authors: JA
authors: López-Pina
authors: Julio
authors: J
authors: Pérez-López
authors: Alfredo G
authors: AG
authors: Brito de la Nuez
authors: María Teresa
authors: MT
authors: Martínez-Fuentes
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002653:Child Behavior Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000523:psychology; D002668:Child Rearing / Q000523:psychology; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003431:Cross-Cultural Comparison; D005219:Father-Child Relations; D005220:Fathers / Q000523:psychology*; D005260:Female; D005783:Gender Identity; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D017008:Negotiating / Q000523:psychology; D016487:Parenting / Q000523:psychology*; D011594:Psychometrics / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D013030:Spain; D013315:Stress, Psychological / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000523:psychology*; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires