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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2017 Nov 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Child Fam Stud. 2016 Jul 5;25(11):3220–3235. doi: 10.1007/s10826-016-0481-y

Table 1.

Means, standard deviations, and sample internal consistencies for measures for mothers and fathers

Mothers
Fathers
Mean SD α Mean SD α
PCA Attitudes
Physical abuse vignettes Definition 5.57 1.54 .57 5.41 1.58 .62
Physical abuse vignettes Severity 24.14 3.54 .64 23.17 4.25 .75
Physical abuse vignettes Reporting 4.77 1.48 .55 4.54 1.68 .68
AAPI Corporal Punishment scale 31.84 8.29 .82 32.27 9.04 .83
Parent-CAAM Task 19.17 11.76 .81 18.69 12.61 .84
Empathy
IRI Empathic Concern 29.14 4.28 .70 26.90 4.62 .72
IRI Perspective Taking 26.57 4.75 .76 26.27 4.64 .74
Reactivity
Frustration Discomfort Scale 17.94 5.25 .82 17.70 5.74 .86
Negative Mood Regulation Scale 64.59 16.69 .90 63.46 17.05 .91
PASATa 84.45 68.40 90.19 71.10
Attributions
Plotkin Vignettes Attribution total 39.88 16.27 .85 38.54 17.31 .88
Video Rating Negative Attribution 3.58 .44 .84 3.55 .42 .80
Infant Cry Questionnaire Minimization 2.32 .62 .75 2.43 .73 .82
Infant Cry Questionnaire Spoil 2.49 .83 .75 2.58 .91 .80
Noncompliance IAT D-scorea 1.05 .40 1.02 .49
Expectations
Compliance Expectations 17.43 3.69 .70 17.75 3.67 .74
Knowledge
Knowledge Discipline alternativesa .83 .23 .79 .27
Taxes
Brief Symptom Index 9.76 8.89 .88 5.05 6.72 .89
SAMISS substance use 1.66 2.33 .67 4.77 3.65 .72
CTS-2 Victimizationa 6.63 11.75 4.74 7.58
Resources
Coping Self Efficacy 97.49 21.98 .92 104.46 20.23 .90
SSRI Social Satisfaction 41.56 7.34 .91 41.05 7.56 .92
Couple Satisfaction 50.25 12.86 .98 52.82 8.89 .95
PCA risk
Child Abuse Potential Inventorya 95.69 74.82 86.05 58.05
Adult Adolescent Parenting Inventory 101.95 18.57 .87 107.61 20.00 .89
ReACCT Noncompliance .09 12.89 .76 .19 12.95 .76
ReACCT Compliance −7.72 9.14 .83 −7.41 9.18 .81
Expected Authoritarian Parenting 34.20 6.58 .80 34.31 6.91 .83

AAPI Adult–Adolescent Parenting Inventory, IRI Interpersonal Reactivity Index, PASAT Paced Auditory Serial Addition Task, CTS Conflict Tactics Scale, ReACCT Response Analog to Child Compliance Task

a

Alpha not computed: PASAT and IAT are single values, Knowledge of Discipline is a proportion score, CTS-2 involves low frequency count data, the Child Abuse Potential Inventory items are variably weighted