title: Measurement Invariance of Discipline in Different Cultural Contexts.
abstract: The measurement invariance of mother-reported use of 18 discipline strategies was examined in samples from 13 different ethnic/cultural groups in nine countries (China, Colombia, Italy, Jordan, Kenya, the Philippines, Sweden, Thailand, and the United States). Participants included approximately 100-120 mothers and their children aged 7 to 10 years from each group. The results of exploratory factor analyses and multigroup categorical confirmatory factor analyses (MCCFA) indicated that a seven-factor solution was feasible across the cultural groups, as shown by marginally sufficient evidence for configural and metric invariance for the mother-reported frequency on the discipline interview. This study makes a contribution on measurement invariance to the parenting literature, and establishes the mother-report aspect of the discipline interview as an instrument for use in further cross-cultural research on discipline.
authors.affiliation: Tuskegee University, AL, USA, Tel: (001)334-725-5490.
authors.forename: Li
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Huang
authors.forename: Patrick S
authors.initials: PS
authors.lastname: Malone
authors.forename: Jennifer E
authors.initials: JE
authors.lastname: Lansford
authors.forename: Kirby
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Deater-Deckard
authors.forename: Laura
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Di Giunta
authors.forename: Anna Silvia
authors.initials: AS
authors.lastname: Bombi
authors.forename: Marc H
authors.initials: MH
authors.lastname: Bornstein
authors.forename: Lei
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Chang
authors.forename: Kenneth A
authors.initials: KA
authors.lastname: Dodge
authors.forename: Paul
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Oburu
authors.forename: Concetta
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Pastorelli
authors.forename: Ann T
authors.initials: AT
authors.lastname: Skinner
authors.forename: Emma
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Sorbring
authors.forename: Sombat
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Tapanya
authors.forename: Liliana Maria Uribe
authors.initials: LM
authors.lastname: Tirado
authors.forename: Arnaldo
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Zelli
authors.forename: Liane
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Alampay
authors.forename: Suha M
authors.initials: SM
authors.lastname: Al-Hassan
authors.forename: Dario
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Bacchini
keywords: Discipline; cross-cultural research; measurement invariance