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Measurement invariance of discipline in different cultural contexts

Li Huang Tuskegee University, AL, USACorrespondence[email protected]
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Patrick S. Malone University of South Carolina, SC, USA
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Jennifer E. Lansford Duke University, NC, USA
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Kirby Deater-Deckard Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, VA, USA
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Laura Di Giunta Rome University ‘La Sapienza,’, Rome, Italy
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Anna Silvia Bombi Rome University ‘La Sapienza,’, Rome, Italy
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Marc H. Bornstein Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, MD, USA
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Lei Chang Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China
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Kenneth A. Dodge Duke University, NC, USA
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Paul Oburu Maseno University, Maseno, Kenya
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Concetta Pastorelli Rome University ‘La Sapienza,’, Rome, Italy
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Ann T. Skinner Duke University, NC, USA
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Emma Sorbring University West, Trollhättan, Sweden
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Sombat Tapanya Chiang Mai University, Chiang Mai, Thailand
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Liliana Maria Uribe Tirado Rome University ‘La Sapienza,’, Rome, Italy; Universidad de San Buenaventura, Medellin, Colombia
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Arnaldo Zelli University of Rome ‘Foro Italico,', Rome, Italy
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Liane Alampay Ateneo de Manila University, Quezon City, Philippines
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Suha M. Al-Hassan Hashemite University, Zarqa, Jordan
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Dario Bacchini Second University of Naples, Naples, Italy
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Pages 212-219 | Received 20 Dec 2010, Accepted 23 Oct 2011, Published online: 02 Feb 2012
 
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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 seven to 10 years from each group. The results of exploratory factor analyses and multi-group 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.

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