Validity of the parenting stress index-short form in a sample of spanish fathers

  1. Díaz Herrero, Ángela 1
  2. López Pina, José Antonio 1
  3. Pérez López, Julio 1
  4. Brito de la Nuez, Alfredo G. 1
  5. Martínez Fuentes, María Teresa 1
  1. 1 Universidad de Murcia
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    Universidad de Murcia

    Murcia, España

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Journal:
The Spanish Journal of Psychology

ISSN: 1138-7416

Year of publication: 2011

Volume: 14

Issue: 2

Pages: 990-997

Type: Article

DOI: 10.5209/REV_SJOP.2011.V14.N2.44 DIALNET GOOGLE SCHOLAR lock_openOpen access editor

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Abstract

The purpose of this study was to analyze the psychometric properties of the Spanish version of the Parenting Stress Index-Short Form in a sample of 115 fathers of infants aged between ten and thirty-nine months old. The exploratory factor analysis revealed three reasonably distinct factors, as in the original version of the instrument. The three extracted factors: Parental Distress, Parent-Child Dysfunctional Interaction and Difficult Child accounted for 47.48 % of the variance. The internal consistency coefficients were high in each factor or subscale. These results provided empirical evidence in favour of the reliability and validity of the Parenting Stress Index-Short Form in Spanish fathers, and can be useful to elucidate the mechanisms through which stress impacts parenting and permitting to develop more targeted interventions for infants and their families.

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