Table 4.
Standardized factor loadings for 29-item de Bruin et al. (2014) model, for mothers of children (Model C.5) and infants (Model I.5).
| Mothers of children (n = 396) | Mothers of infants (n = 320) | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Item | LFA | NJAPF | EAC | CC | EAS | ENRP | LFA | NJAPF | EAC | CC | EAS | ENRP | |
| 1 | Listening to my child with one ear | 0.72 | 0.65 | ||||||||||
| 9 | Rush through activities without being attentive | 0.79 | 0.69 | ||||||||||
| 13 | Easily distracted when with my child | 0.77 | 0.72 | ||||||||||
| 19 | Not listening, busy thinking about other things | 0.78 | 0.76 | ||||||||||
| 24 | Pay close attention to child when together | 0.54 | 0.32 | 0.72 | |||||||||
| 15 | Hard on myself regarding parenting mistakes | 0.70 | 0.75 | ||||||||||
| 17 | Blame myself when times are difficult with child | 0.69 | 0.76 | ||||||||||
| 18 | Accept parenting mistakes and move on | 0.60 | 0.63 | ||||||||||
| 20 | Give myself a break if I regret my parenting actions | 0.55 | 0.68 | ||||||||||
| 23 | Criticize myself for my parenting | 0.84 | 0.76 | ||||||||||
| 26 | Think other parents have it easier with parenting | 0.64 | 0.62 | ||||||||||
| 12 | Hard to tell what my child is feeling | 0.73 | 0.62 | ||||||||||
| 22 | Find it easy to tell when my child is worried | 0.74 | 0.69 | ||||||||||
| 30 | Can tell what my child is feeling | 0.85 | 0.77 | ||||||||||
| 4 | Listening carefully to child's ideas | 0.64 | 0.37 | ||||||||||
| 7 | Allow my child to express their feelings | 0.57 | 0.62 | ||||||||||
| 25 | Kind to my child when they upset | 0.65 | 0.67 | ||||||||||
| 27 | Nurturing with child when they having a difficult time | 0.69 | 0.74 | ||||||||||
| 28 | Try to understand child's point of view | 0.71 | 0.68 | ||||||||||
| 31 | Patient with child when they having a hard time | 0.70 | 0.77 | ||||||||||
| 2 | Notice how I feel before I take action | 0.66 | 0.65 | ||||||||||
| 8 | When upset, I calmly tell child how I feel | 0.65 | 0.49 | ||||||||||
| 16 | Try to keep my emotions in balance when upset | 0.68 | 0.72 | ||||||||||
| 21 | Pause before reacting, in difficult situations | 0.77 | 0.71 | ||||||||||
| 5 | React too quickly to my child | 0.71 | 0.67 | ||||||||||
| 10 | Difficulty accepting child's growing independence | 0.34 | 0.16 | ||||||||||
| 11 | Only realize later that feelings affect parenting decisions | 0.64 | 0.68 | ||||||||||
| 14 | Do things I regret when my child misbehaves | 0.77 | 0.76 | ||||||||||
| 29 | Get carried away with my feelings when child upsets me | 0.76 | 0.83 | ||||||||||
| Cronbach's alpha for scale: | 0.87 | 0.84 | 0.81 | 0.82 | 0.78 | 0.77 | 0.83 | 0.85 | 0.73 | 0.81 | 0.73 | 0.73 | |
LFA is the Listening with Full Attention scale of the Interpersonal Mindfulness in Parenting questionnaire (IMP); NJAPF is the Non-judgmental Acceptance of Parental Functioning scale of the IMP; EAC is the Emotional Awareness of the Child scale of the IMP; CC is the Compassion for the Child scale of the IMP; EAS is the Emotional Awareness of the Self scale of the IMP; ENRP is the Emotional Non-reactivity in Parenting scale of the IMP.