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Validity of the Parenting Stress Index-Short Form in a Sample of Spanish Fathers

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  10 January 2013

Ángela Díaz-Herrero ,
José Antonio López-Pina ,
Julio Pérez-López ,
Alfredo G. Brito de la Nuez  and
María Teresa Martínez-Fuentes
Ángela Díaz-Herrero*
Affiliation:
Universidad de Murcia (Spain)
José Antonio López-Pina
Affiliation:
Universidad de Murcia (Spain)
Julio Pérez-López
Affiliation:
Universidad de Murcia (Spain)
Alfredo G. Brito de la Nuez
Affiliation:
Universidad de Murcia (Spain)
María Teresa Martínez-Fuentes
Affiliation:
Universidad de Murcia (Spain)
*
Correspondence concerning this article should be adressed to Ángela Díaz-Herrero. Departamento de Psicología Evolutiva y de la Educación. Facultad de Psicología. 30100 Campus Universitario de Espinardo. Murcia (Spain). E-mail: adiaz@um.es.
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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.

El propósito de este estudio fue analizar las propiedades psicométricas de la versión española del Parenting Stress Index-Short Form en una muestra de 115 varones, padres de niños con edades comprendidas entre 10 y 39 meses de edad. El análisis factorial exploratorio destacó tres factores razonablemente distintos, al igual que en la versión original del instrumento. Los tres factores extraídos, denominados Malestar Paterno, Interacción Disfuncional Padres-Hijo y Niño Difícil explicaron el 47.48% de la varianza. Los coeficientes de consistencia interna fueron elevados en cada uno de los factores o subescalas. Estos resultados aportaron evidencia empírica a favor de la fiabilidad y validez del Parenting Stress Index-Short Form en hombres españoles, pudiendo ser útil como instrumento para esclarecer los mecanismos por los que el estrés influye en los padres y para elaborar mejores intervenciones para los niños y sus familias.

Keywords

parentaling stressself-reportvalidityreliabilityestrés parentalautoinformevalidezfiabilidad
Type
Research Article
Information
The Spanish Journal of Psychology , Volume 14 , Issue 2 , November 2011 , pp. 990 - 997
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2011

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