Parenting Young Arab Children: Psychometric Properties of an Adapted Arabic Brief Version of the Alabama Parenting Questionnaire.
Research has shown a connection between negative parenting practices and child conduct problems. One of the most commonly used measures to assess parenting practices is the Alabama parenting questionnaire (APQ). The current study aimed to culturally adapt and assess the psychometric properties of a short version of the APQ for use in Arabic cultures, using a sample of 251 Qatari parents of children ages 4-12. An exploratory factor analysis proposed a five-model solution that corresponds to the original proposed model in the full version of the APQ. The five constructs of the APQ correlated in the expected direction with the Conduct Problem Subscale from the Strength and Difficulties Questionnaire. This study provides support for the utility of the 15-item short version of the APQ in Arabic cultures. More studies are needed to validate the performance of the short version of APQ in clinical settings.
University of North Dakota, Grand Forks, ND, USA. abdallah.badahdah@und.edu.
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The Social and Economic Survey Research Institute, Qatar University, Doha, Qatar.
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D018912:Arabs / Q000523:psychology; D002648:Child; D002668:Child Rearing / Q000523:psychology*; D002675:Child, Preschool; D019955:Conduct Disorder / Q000517:prevention & control / Q000523:psychology; D005008:Ethnopsychology / Q000379:methods; D005163:Factor Analysis, Statistical; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D016487:Parenting / Q000208:ethnology / Q000523:psychology; D010290:Parents / Q000523:psychology*; D011594:Psychometrics / Q000379:methods*; D011780:Qatar; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires
Alabama parenting questionnaire; Arabic; Children; Conduct problems; Parenting