title: The Parental Bonding Instrument: A psychometric measure to assess parenting practices in the homes in Bangladesh.
abstract: There is growing importance of the Parental Bonding Instrument (PBI) in clinical practice and research on parenting and parental bonding. Since the development of this diagnostic tool (Parker et al., Brit. J. Med. Psycho.1979; 52:1-10), a number of validation studies have been done in various cultures. The aim of the present study was to translate the measure into Bangla and validate in Bangladeshi culture. A total of 200 adolescents participated in the study. Exploratory factor analysis (EFA) of the data from 191 participants (who provided complete responses) identified a two-factor (Care and Overprotection) structure of the PBI with 17 items. The two factors together explained 44.18% of the total variance. The factors showed moderate to very high internal consistency (Cronbach's α=0.863 for Care; 0.622 for Overprotection), and very strong convergent and discriminant validity as evident by their correlations with the measures of cognitive distortions and antisocial behaviors. In line with the original tool we defined four types of parenting style, such as Affectionate constraint, Affectionless control, Optimal parenting, and Neglectful parenting. This study opens the door of future research on parenting practices and parent-child relationships in Bangladesh.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychology, University of Dhaka, Dhaka 1000, Bangladesh; Envision Research Institute, 610 N. Main St, Wichita, KS 67203, USA; The Smith-Kettlewell Eye Research Institute, 2318 Fillmore St, San Francisco, CA 94115, USA. Electronic address: karim.akmr.monscho06@gmail.com.
authors.forename: A K M Rezaul
authors.initials: AK
authors.lastname: Karim
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychology, University of Dhaka, Dhaka 1000, Bangladesh; BRAC Institute of Educational Development, BRAC University, Dhaka 1212, Bangladesh. Electronic address: shormi7@yahoo.com.
authors.forename: Taslima
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Begum
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D001459:Bangladesh / Q000208:ethnology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009769:Object Attachment; D010287:Parent-Child Relations / Q000208:ethnology*; D016487:Parenting / Q000208:ethnology*; D011594:Psychometrics / Q000295:instrumentation*; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires / Q000592:standards*
keywords: Care; Cognitive distortion; EFA; Over-protection; Parental bonding; Validation