Table 2.

Sample Descriptive Statistics for CIS (N=722)

	Item	Mean	SD	CFA Result 1
				Factor Loading	Item R2
Sensitivity (α =0.90)
1	Speaks warmly to children	3.03	0.86	0.86	0.74
2	Listens attentively to children	3.02	0.85	0.84	0.71
3	Excited about teaching	2.76	0.90	0.85	0.72
4	Encourages children to try different experiences	1.86	0.91	0.55	0.30
5	Enthusiastic about children’s activities/efforts	2.73	0.92	0.87	0.76
6	Encourages children to exhibit prosocial behavior	2.32	0.97	0.66	0.44
7	Positive physical contact	1.83	0.87	0.48	0.23
8	Sincere in tone of voice and manner	3.24	0.80	0.76	0.58
Harshness (α=0.79)
9	Seems critical of children	1.16	0.46	0.79	0.62
10	Places high value on obedience-directive	1.68	0.87	0.51	0.26
11	Speaks with irritation or hostility to children	1.26	0.54	0.77	0.59
12	Negative physical contact	1.01	0.11	0.17	0.03
13	Punishes children w/o explanation or other redirection	1.10	0.36	0.58	0.34
14	Finds fault easily with children	1.12	0.42	0.86	0.74
15	Seems to prohibit many things children want to do	1.30	0.54	0.61	0.37
Detachment (α=0.79)
16	Seems emotionally distant or detached from children	1.74	0.87	0.72	0.52
17	Spends considerable time not involving children	1.83	0.86	0.58	0.34
18	Seems interested in children’s activities*	2.06	0.89	0.86	0.74
19	Supervises children closely*	2.09	0.90	0.62	0.38
Permissiveness (α=0.80)
20	Exercises little control over children	1.55	0.72	0.29	0.08
21	reprimands children when they misbehave*	2.35	1.05	0.85	0.72
22	Exercises firmness when necessary*	2.31	1.01	0.93	0.86
23	Expects children to exercise self-control*	2.09	0.91	0.74	0.55

Note 1: The standardized factor loadings and item R² obtained from the Confirmatory Factor Analysis of the hypothesized 4-factor model.

Note 2: Items indicated by * are reverse-coded items.