Psihometrijska validacija Upitnika izvora i intenziteta roditeljskog stresa u uzorku roditelja djece rane školske dobi

master's thesis

• Title (english): Psychometric validation of the Questionnaire for Measuring Stressors and Intensity of Parental Stress in a sample of parents of lower primary school children
• Author: Anita Jularić
• Mentor: Gordana Keresteš (mentor)
• Committee member: Vesna Vlahović-Štetić (predsjednik povjerenstva)
• Committee member: Blaž Rebernjak (član povjerenstva)
• Granter: University of Zagreb; Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences; (Department of Psychology); Zagreb
• Defense date and country: 2022-07-01, Croatia
• Scientific / art field, discipline and subdiscipline: SOCIAL SCIENCES; Psychology; Developmental Psychology

Abstract

Upitnik izvora i intenziteta roditeljskog stresa instrument je za procjenu roditeljskog stresa koji je prvotno namijenjen za roditelje djece predškolske dobi. Cilj ovog istraživanja bio je psihometrijskom validacijom provjeriti primjenjivost Upitnika za roditelje djece rane školske dobi. Podaci su prikupljeni online putem te se konačni uzorak sastoji od 275 majki i 33 oca. Rezultati majki ukazuju na zadovoljavajuću pouzdanost tipa unutarnje konzistencije za svih 13 podljestvica i Upitnik u cjelini. Ekstrahirana su dva faktora koji objašnjavaju 65.83 % ukupne varijance rezultata. Prvi faktor obuhvaća karakteristike djeteta i neposredan odnos roditelj-dijete, a drugi kontekstualne izvore roditeljskog stresa. Statistički značajne pozitivne korelacije ukupnih rezultata na Upitniku izvora i intenziteta roditeljskog stresa s razinom stresa, depresivnosti i anksioznosti te eksternalnim lokusom kontrole govore u prilog konvergentnoj valjanosti Upitnika. Rezultati dobiveni u uzorku očeva ukazuju na zadovoljavajuću pouzdanost Upitnika u cjelini te svih podljestvica, izuzev podljestvice Vezanost za dijete. I u uzorku očeva je utvrđena pozitivna povezanost ukupnih rezultata na Upitniku s razinom stresa, depresivnosti i anksioznosti, no povezanost s eksternalnim lokusom kontrole nije bila statistički značajna. Faktorska analiza odgovora očeva nije provedena zbog premalog uzorka. Utvrđene psihometrijske karakteristike govore u prilog opravdanosti primjene Upitnika u uzorcima majki djece rane školske dobi, a za donošenje zaključaka o primjenjivosti Upitnika u uzorcima očeva potrebna su istraživanja na većim uzorcima. Naposljetku, roditelji djece rane školske dobi u ovom istraživanju izvijestili su o doživljavanju blagog roditeljskog stresa, pri čemu je roditeljski stres majki bio intenzivniji od roditeljskog stresa očeva.

Abstract (english)

Questionnaire for Measuring Stressors and Intensity of Parental Stress is originally developed for the purpose of measuring parenting stress among parents of preschool children. The aim of this study was to examine its psychometric characteristics when administered to parents of lower primary school children in order to determine its applicability to other samples. Data was collected through an online survey and the final sample consisted of 275 mothers and 33 fathers. Mothers' results demonstrate satisfactory internal consistency reliability of each subscale and the Questionnaire as a whole. Two factors that explain 65.83 % of the total variance of mothers' results were extracted. The first factor includes the characteristics of the child and the direct parent-child interaction, and the second factor includes the contextual sources of parental stress. Convergent validity is established by statistically significant positive correlations between the Questionnaire for Measuring Stressors and Intensity of Parental Stress overall scores and levels of stress, depression, anxiety, and external locus of control. Fathers' results demonstrate acceptable internal consistency reliability of the Questionnaire as a whole and of each subscale, except the Parental Attachment subscale. Positive correlations were also found between the fathers’ overall results on the Questionnaire and the level of stress, depression, and anxiety, but the correlation with the external locus of control was not statistically significant. Factor analysis of fathers’ scores was not conducted due to insufficient sample size. Results of conducted psychometric validation are in favor of applicability of the Questionnaire to mothers of lower primary school children. Larger sample size is needed to draw conclusions about the applicability of the Questionnaire to fathers. Finally, parents of lower primary school children reported experiencing mild parental stress in this study, with mothers reporting more intense parenting stress than fathers.

• Keywords: Upitnik izvora i intenziteta roditeljskog stresa; djeca rane školske dobi; psihometrijska validacija
• Keywords (english): Questionnaire for Measuring Stressors and Intensity of Parental Stress; lower primary school children; psychometric validation
• Language: croatian
• URN:NBN: urn:nbn:hr:131:750338
• Study programme: Title: Psychology; Study programme type: university; Study level: graduate; Academic / professional title: magistar/magistra psihologije (magistar/magistra psihologije)
• Type of resource: Text
• File origin: Born digital
• Access conditions: Open access
• Created on: 2022-07-06 14:03:08