• Zhongquan Li, Li Wang, and Lisong Zhang.
• Department of Psychology School of Social and Behavioral Sciences, Nanjing University, 22 Hankou Road, Nanjing, Jiangsu 210093, China. ZhongquanL@hotmail.com
• Psychol Rep. 2012 Feb 1; 110 (1): 263-75.

AbstractThe present study used a sample of Chinese adolescents and validated a short-form of the Egna Minnen Beträffande Uppfostran: One's Memories of Upbringing (s-EMBU) assessing perceived parental rearing styles. A Chinese revision of the s-EMBU by the authors was administered to a total of 779 high school students, ages 11 to 19 years. Exploratory factor analysis with half of the sample yielded a three-factor solution of Rejection, Emotional Warmth, and Overprotection, accounting for 47.1% of the total variance onthe father form and 48.8% of the total variance on the mother form. Then, confirmatory factor analysis indicated a good fit of the three-factor model to the data in the other half of the sample. The three subscales consisted of 6, 6, and 7 items, respectively. Scores on these subscales had Cronbach alphas ranging from .71 to .81, indicating adequate internal consistency. These psychometric properties suggest its applicability for research with Chinese adolescents.

22 keywords...

hide…