The present study explored measurement invariance of the Multidimensional Assessment of
Parenting Scale (MAPS; Parent & Forehand, 2017) across White, Hispanic, Black, and Asian …

Questions persist in the parenting literature regarding how best to define positive and
negative parenting behaviors. Are there optimal parenting behaviors shared by mothers and …

The limited inclusion of racial/ethnic minorities in the development and validation of
parenting measures limits our understanding of whether parenting constructs are valid in …

Parenting is a critical mechanism contributing to child and adolescent development and
outcomes. The Multidimensional Assessment of Parenting Scale (MAPS) is a new measure …

Ethnic group differences in the meaning of parenting behaviors pose challenges for
measuring parenting across different ethnic groups. If parental support or control …

Assessing parenting practices in a culturally informed manner is critical to clinical practice
when working with families. Although many parenting measures have been translated into …

Objective: The objective of this study was to examine parenting styles (observed parent-child
interactions via the Two-Bag Task) associated with young children's socioemotional …

We used confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) to investigate the factor structure of several
models of Arnold et al.'s Parenting Scale [Arnold et al.(1993). Psychological Assessment, 5 …

Although parenting dimensionality and typology have been extensively examined with
middle-class Caucasian samples, the parenting styles of low-income, African American …

Adolescent childbearing is a major public policy concern in the United States, and father
involvement is a particular focus for researchers and members of socioeconomically …