Table 5.

CIS Item Fit to the Revised 3-Factor Model (N=358)

Dimension/Item	Path Coeff.	Item R2	Alpha a
Sensitivity-Detachment			0.92
Speaks warmly to children	0.88	0.78
Listens attentively to children	0.86	0.74
Excited about teaching	0.86	0.74
Seems emotionally distant or detached from children	−0.69	0.47
Encourages children to try different experiences	0.58	0.34
Enthusiastic about children’s activities/efforts	0.86	0.74
Considerable time in activity not involving children	−0.52	0.28
Positive physical contact	0.50	0.25
Seems interested in children’s activities*	−0.85	0.73
Sincere in tone of voice and manner	0.78	0.60
Harshness			0.83
Seems critical of children	0.75	0.56
Places high value on obedience-directive	0.59	0.35
Speaks with irritation or hostility to children	0.73	0.54
Punishes children w/o explanation or other redirection	0.61	0.38
Finds fault easily with children	0.88	0.78
Seems to prohibit many things children want to do	0.70	0.49
Permissiveness			0.87
Appropriately reprimands children when they misbehave*	0.86	0.74
Exercises firmness when necessary*	0.94	0.89
Expects children to exercise self-control*	0.70	0.49

Note

^aReliability analysis was performed using the full sample (N=722)