A Psychometric Analysis of the Young Children's Appraisals of Interparental Conflict Scale

Subject Areas : روان‌سنجی

Sara Salavati ¹ (دانشجوی کارشناسی ارشد خانواده‌درمانی)
Omid Shokri ² (استادیار دانشگاه شهید بهشتی)

Received: 2015-07-28 Accepted : 2015-07-28 Published : 2015-06-22

Keywords: confirmatory factor analysis, Young Children’s Appraisals of Interparental Conflict Scale, Beck Depression Inventory for Youth, cognitive-contextual model,

Abstract :

The present study aimed to test psychometric properties of the Young Children's Appraisals of Interparental Conflict Scale (CPIC-Y; McDonald &Grych, 2006) among students  between the ages of 9 and 11. One hundred and sixty two elementary school students (104 boys, 54 girls) completed the Young Children's Appraisals of Interparental Conflict Scale and the Beck Depression Inventory for Youth (BDI-Y; Beck, Beck, Jolly & Steer, 2005). The confirmatory factor analysis method and internal consistency were used to investigate the CPIC-Y factorial validity and internal consistency, respectively. The results of confirmatory factor analysis supported three-factor structure of conflict properties, threat, and self-blame. The confirmatory factor analysis indicated that multidimensional structure of CPIC-Y was an acceptable measurement model. The significant positive correlations of all three CPIC-Y scales with depression provided support for the CPIC-Y convergent validity. Internal consistencies of the CPIC-Y scales were good. The findings suggested that CPIC-Y was an appropriate measure for assessing specific dimensions of interparental conflict in a sample of Iranian children.  

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