A study of the validity and reliability of the parental homework support scale. (January 2017)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Xu, Jianzhong; Fan, Xitao; Du, Jianxia; He, Minyan
• Is Part Of: Measurement. Volume 95(2017)
• Page Start: 93
• Page End: 98
• Publication Date: 2017-01
• Subjects: Autonomy support -- Homework -- Math -- Middle school -- Parental support; Weights and measures -- Periodicals; Measurement -- Periodicals; Measurement; Weights and measures; Periodicals; 530.8
• DOI: 10.1016/j.measurement.2016.09.045
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0263-2241

Abstract

Highlights: This paper studied the factor structure of Parental Homework Support Scale (PHSS). Content-oriented Support and Autonomy-oriented Support were distinguishable. The factor loadings were invariant across gender. PHSS was positively related to motivational belief and homework behavior. PHSS was positively related to homework grade given by the teacher. Abstract: We conduct a psychometric evaluation of the Parental Homework Support Scale (PHSS) involving 796 eighth-grade students. After randomly dividing the sample into two groups, we performed exploratory factor analysis (EFA) on Group 1 ( n = 398) and confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) on Group 2 ( n = 398). Findings revealed that the PHSS consisted of two distinct yet related subscales: Content-oriented Support and Autonomy-oriented Support. In addition, the current investigation found a satisfactory level of factor loading invariance across gender. Results further revealed that, consistent with theoretical expectations, the PHSS was positively correlated with value belief, expectancy belief, help seeking, homework management, homework completion, and math homework grade.