Conceptualizing Parenting Wisdom: Scale Development and Validation. Issue 4 (19th May 2022)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Boumpouli, Christina; Brouzos, Andreas; Vassilopoulos, Stephanos P.
• Is Part Of: Marriage & family review. Volume 58:Issue 4(2022)
• Page Start: 329
• Page End: 361
• Publication Date: 2022-05-19
• Subjects: Parenting -- Parenting Wisdom Scale -- validation -- wisdom; Family -- United States -- Periodicals; Marriage -- United States -- Periodicals; 306.8
• DOI: 10.1080/01494929.2021.1974642
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0149-4929

Abstract

Abstract: This paper introduces the construct of parenting wisdom and describes the development and preliminary validation of the Parenting Wisdom Scale (PWS), a new instrument designed to measure the construct. In a first study, a preliminary version of the PWS was developed and administered to a sample of 137 parents in Greece. The final version of the scale demonstrated the predicted four-factor solution and good internal consistency for the total and subscale scores. PWS correlated in expected ways with the convergent, discriminant and concurrent validity measures. In a second replication study, the above findings were cross-validated with an independent sample of 312 parents. In total, results are encouraging and seem to support the usefulness of the PWS to assess parenting wisdom.