Table 3.
Item Statistics for Alabama Parenting Questionnaire (Parent Report) (N = 674)
| Item | Positive endpoint | Mean | SD | Skew | Kurtosis |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Scale: Involvement | |||||
| 1) Have friendly talk with child | 31.0% | 4.01 | 0.824 | −0.472 | −0.092 |
| 4) Volunteer to help with special activities | 16.9% | 3.21 | 1.177 | −0.182 | −0.575 |
| 7) Play games/do fun things with child | 16.5% | 3.57 | 0.882 | −0.054 | −0.174 |
| 9) Ask about day in school | 58.8% | 4.45 | 0.739 | −1.110 | 0.590 |
| 11) Help child with homework | 27.9% | 3.74 | 0.999 | −0.317 | −0.448 |
| 14) You ask what plans are for day | 16.4% | 3.42 | 1.006 | −0.238 | 0.024 |
| 15) Drive/take to special activity | 28.2% | 3.61 | 1.191 | −0.626 | −0.242 |
| 20) You talk to child about friends | 29.4% | 3.93 | 0.864 | −0.389 | −0.146 |
| 23) Child helps plan family activities | 9.7% | 3.29 | 0.902 | −0.147 | 0.399 |
| 26) Attend meetings at school | 26.9% | 3.46 | 1.290 | −0.500 | −0.688 |
| Scale: Positive parenting | |||||
| 2) Let child know when does good job | 49.6% | 4.32 | 0.767 | −0.826 | −0.077 |
| 5) Reward or give extra for obeying | 18.6% | 3.54 | 0.958 | −0.184 | −0.063 |
| 13) Compliment when child does things well | 52.5% | 4.38 | 0.746 | −0.979 | 0.511 |
| 16) Praise if behaves well | 40.0% | 4.15 | 0.831 | −0.621 | −0.196 |
| 18) Hug or kiss child when he/she does well | 50.0% | 4.24 | 0.898 | −1.045 | 0.627 |
| 27) Tell child you like when he/she helps out | 43.2% | 4.15 | 0.895 | −0.857 | 0.451 |
| Scale: Poor monitoring/supervision | |||||
| 6) Child fails to leave note when going | 43.2% | 2.04 | 1.123 | 0.825 | −0.143 |
| 10) Child stays out past time to be home | 58.2% | 1.70 | 0.952 | 1.196 | 0.609 |
| 17) Goes out with friends you do not know | 61.8% | 1.58 | 0.847 | 1.326 | 1.094 |
| 19) Goes out without set time to be home | 70.7% | 1.52 | 0.996 | 2.154 | 4.097 |
| 21) Out after dark without adult | 67.6% | 1.52 | 0.863 | 1.698 | 2.512 |
| 24) Forget where child is and what he/she is doing | 65.4% | 1.49 | 0.748 | 1.345 | 0.915 |
| 28) Do not check that child comes home when supposed to | 66.4% | 1.75 | 1.281 | 1.608 | 1.253 |
| 29) Don’t tell child where you are going | 51.4% | 1.96 | 1.203 | 1.071 | 0.203 |
| 30) Child home more than hour past time expected | 75.3% | 1.39 | 0.768 | 2.133 | 4.412 |
| 32) Child at home without adult supervision | 48.0% | 1.87 | 0.960 | 0.697 | −0.513 |
| Scale: Inconsistent discipline | |||||
| 3) Threaten to punish then do not | 4.0% | 3.29 | 0.952 | −0.044 | 0.057 |
| 8) Child talks you out of being punished | 16.3% | 2.74 | 1.070 | 0.034 | −0.354 |
| 12) Obeying more trouble than worth | 40.9% | 2.23 | 1.215 | 0.501 | −0.818 |
| 22) Let out of punishment early | 8.8% | 3.09 | 1.012 | −0.158 | 0.079 |
| 25) Not punished when does wrong | 18.9% | 2.49 | 0.983 | 0.172 | −0.152 |
| 31) Punishment depends on your mood | 20.0% | 2.59 | 1.057 | 0.130 | −0.234 |
Note. Item text has been editted for length. The positive endpoint is Always for Involvement and Positive Parenting scale items and Never for Poor Monitoring/Supervision and Inconsistent Discipline items. SE for skewness is approximately 0.094; SE for kurtosis is approximately 0.188.