Measurement invariance of discipline in different cultural contexts

• Main Authors: Huang L., Malone P., Lansford J., Deater-Deckard K., Giunta L., Bombi A., Bornstein M., Chang L., Dodge K., Oburu P., Pastorelli C., Skinner A., Sorbring E., Tapanya S., Uribe Tirado L., Zelli A., Alampay L., Al-Hassan S., Bacchini D.
• Format: Journal
• Published: 2017
• Online Access: https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?partnerID=HzOxMe3b&scp=84868251936&origin=inward; http://cmuir.cmu.ac.th/jspui/handle/6653943832/42965
• Institution: Chiang Mai University

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. © 2011 Taylor & Francis.