. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2015 May 12.

Published in final edited form as: Dev Psychol. 2011 Mar;47(2):388–395. doi: 10.1037/a0021066

Table 2.

Psychometric information on parenting composites

Composite	Dimensions	7 month				24 months
		Reliability¹		Factor Structure²		Reliability¹		Factor Structure²
		Dimension	Composite	Loadings	α	Dimension	Composite	Loadings	α
Mother sensitivity	Sensitivity	.75	.87	.68	.89	.85	.93	.34	.87
	Detachment³	.74		.87		.83		.64
	Stimulation	.75		.81		.89		.76
	Positive regard	.78		.87		.87		.87
	Animation	.79		.68		.82		.65

Mother negativity	Intrusiveness	.71	.80	.82	.63	.83	.87	.91	.70
Mother negativity	Negative regard	.76	.80	.55	.63	.87	.87	.63	.70

Father sensitivity	Sensitivity	.64	.85	.78	.83	.83	.92	.25	.83
	Detachment*	.74		.88		.82		.62
	Stimulation	.74		.78		.91		.73
	Positive regard	.80		.81		.89		.86
	Animation	.79		.68		.85		.51

Father negativity	Intrusiveness	.63	.73	.68	.59	.82	.86	.91	.64
Father negativity	Negative regard	.70	.73	.44	.59	.85	.86	.55	.64

Notes:

Reliability scores were calculated using intraclass correlations.

Factor analyses were conducted using an oblique rotation (Promax).

Detachment was reverse coded for compositing.