The Development of an Inventory for Measuring the Modes of Verbal Control of korean Parent

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The purpose of this study was to develop an inventory for measuring verbal control modes of korean parent. The subjects of this study were 332 children of fifth and sixth grade in elementary schools located in Seoul. Forty seven questions were developed, of which 24 were collected from other previous studies and 23 were newly developed by the researcher and each question was composed of 3 items. The 141 items (47 questions x 3 items) were analyzed by the statistical methods of item analysis, principal factor analysis. The resulting inventories composed of 28 (84 items) and 29 (87 items) questions assess the three types of verbal control modes of both mothers and fathers: imperative control, position-oriented control and person-oriented control. Internal consistency of the scale was high (Cronbach's= .91-.95). Factor validity was also satisfactory (.66-.87).