The Swedish version of the Alabama parenting questionnaire

Psychometric evaluation and norm data

Bibliographic Data

ID21391963
AuthorsSumeyye Basaran (Department of Psychology Stockholm University Stockholm Sweden), Sandra Q Jernkrok (Department of Psychology Stockholm University Stockholm Sweden), Ronald van den Berg (0000-0001-7353-5960, Department of Psychology Stockholm University Stockholm Sweden), Jens Högström (0000-0002-5313-8498, Centre for Psychiatry Research, Department of Clinical Neuroscience Karolinska Institutet & Stockholm Health Care Services Stockholm Sweden, corresponding author)
Year2024
Volume65
Issue4
Pages628-638
Publication date2024-08-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueScandinavian Journal of Psychology (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0036-5564 • E-ISSN: 1467-9450
PublisherWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1111/sjop.13006
PMID38380530
OpenAlexW4391998072
LanguageEN
Citations received1
References cited57

The Alabama parenting questionnaire (APQ) is a commonly used instrument for assessing parenting practices and evaluating treatment outcomes of parent‐training interventions targeting child conduct problems. In the present study we translated and developed a Swedish version of the APQ parent version and tested it on a community sample of 799 parents of children between 6 and 15 years with diverse socioeconomic backgrounds. Data were collected through an online survey distributed through school newsletters and social media. Exploratory factor analysis (EFA) suggested a five‐factor model with 23 items. Four of these factors correspond to the subscales suggested in the original version of the APQ: inconsistent discipline, poor monitoring, involvement, and positive parenting . The fifth subscale from the original APQ, corporal punishment , did not show up as a factor in our data sample. Instead, a new factor, which we refer to as contingency management , was revealed. A confirmatory factor analysis further suggested some misalignment between the original APQ subscale structure and our sample, which we interpret as a signal that the instrument may need refinement to better reflect contemporary parenting methods in diverse cultural contexts. Despite this limitation, and with the exclusion of the corporal punishment subscale, which should be employed judiciously, our results suggest that the Swedish version of the APQ can be a useful instrument in measuring parenting practices in Sweden. We present norm data stratified by child age, which practitioners and researchers can use as a reference for assessment of parenting practices in the Swedish population

Developmental psychology · Norm (philosophy) · Psychometrics · Test validity · Validation test · Applied Psychology · Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development · Clinical Psychology · Early Childhood Education and Development · Family and Disability Support Research · Psychology · Social Psychology