Journal of Families and Better Life (가정과삶의질연구)

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Development of the 「Authentic Parental Competence Scale」 for Mothers with School-age Children

학령기 자녀를 둔 어머니의 「부모 참 역량」척도 개발

  • Chung, Kai-Sook (Department of Early Childhood Education, Pusan National University) ;
  • Goh, Eun-Kyung (Department of Early Childhood Education, Kyungnam University) ;
  • Park, Hee-Kyung (Department of Early Childhood Education, Pusan National University) ;
  • Cha, Jee-Ryang (Department of Child Welfare & Studies, Sookmyung Women's University)
  • Received : 2014.01.15
  • Accepted : 2014.03.18
  • Published : 2014.04.30
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Abstract

The purpose of this study was to develop and validate the "Authentic Parental Competence Scale" for mothers with school-age children. Based on a literature review, the study found that 'authentic parental competence' could be divided into parenting comperence, self-system competence, and social competence. In addition, the scale comprised three factors consisting of 43. The study collected data through behavior event interview(BEI), focus group interview(FGI), and three times Delphi investigation. The scale for mothers of school-age children consisted of a total of 129 items, which included three different dimensions (knowledge, skill, and attitude), and four factors were extracted from factor analysis following a survey of 362 mothers. The factors were labeled as "ability of developmental positive parenting," "ability of playing a role as a citizen and making social contributions," "ability of self-understanding and interpersonal relations," and "ability of self-growth and self-determination." In addition, the results revealed that the "Authentic Parental Competence Scale" showed an appropriate level of construct validity, reliability of the scales, distribution of item response, and item discrimination.

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