The development of the Parent Personality Profile(PPP) /
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| Format: | Thesis Book |
| Language: | English |
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1988.
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| Online Access: | Link to OAKTrust copy |
| Abstract: | The development of the Parent Personality Profile (PPP) is an attempt to develop an instrument that provides a multivariate investigation of parent and child variables related to the onset of child behavioral disorders. A review of the literature yielded five major concept areas: Parenting Style, Communication, Parental Involvement, Parental Adjustment, and Parental Depression. The Parental Adjustment scale assimilates several key areas including life stressors, parent mental health, marital satisfaction, parental satisfaction, and parental resources. A sixth scale, Social Desirability, was also included as a means of tapping the degree to which self-presentation is a factor in responding to the PPP as a whole. Items were written in a two-alternative forced-choice format and presented to a tryout sample consisting of 396 parents drawn from church groups and parent organizations in a suburb of Las Vegas, Nevada. Items were recoded in a positive direction (i.e., the higher the score, the more positive the trait). Items with a mean of .2 to .9 were retained. Final analysis indicated a negatively skewed distribution of means, particularly on Parenting Style. Standard deviations appeared to be adequate. Corrected item/total test point biserial correlations were used as an index of item discrimination. Items with point biserial correlations greater than or equal to .2 were retained with the exception of two cases. Corrected point biserial correlations ranged from .21 to .65. Coefficient alpha served as an estimate of the test's internal consistency. Values ranged from .70 to .88. According to the correlation matrix, the strongest relationships were found between Communication and Parental Involvement (r = .63) and between Parental Adjustment and Parental Depression (r = .70). The interwoven nature of the concept areas was evident from the additional relationships noted. Factor analysis was used for item analysis and to deduce the construct validity of the PPP. Item factor loadings greater than or equal to .2 were accepted... |
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| Item Description: | Typescript (photocopy). Vita. "Major subject: School Psychology." |
| Physical Description: | ix, 155 leaves : illustrations ; 29 cm |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (leaves 124-143). |