Department of Psychology, University of Crete, Rethymno, Greece.
Child Psychiatry Hum Dev. 2012 Apr;43(2):238-53. doi: 10.1007/s10578-011-0260-3.
This study examined the factorial structure of the Parental Bonding Instrument (PBI) in the Greek population. Using confirmatory factor analysis different proposed models of the basic dimensions of PBI were evaluated. The results indicated that Kendler's three-factor (i.e. care, protectiveness and authoritarianism) solution was found to be more satisfactory than the other competing two-, three- and four-factor models. A second aim was the investigation of the factorial invariance of the PBI across different age groups (adults vs. children). The results revealed that PBI can be used in children samples (measurement invariance) but it seems that PBI latent variables may be perceived differently across different age groups (not structural invariance). The authors conclude that further research is needed in order to understand whether the differences are due to actual developmental changes in children's perceptions of the parent-child relationship or conceptual problems regarding the children's ability to conceive the PBI's theoretical constructs.
本研究考察了父母教养方式问卷（PBI）在希腊人群中的因子结构。通过验证性因子分析，评估了 PBI 基本维度的不同假设模型。结果表明，肯德勒（Kendler）的三因素（即关爱、保护和专制）模型比其他竞争的两因素、三因素和四因素模型更令人满意。第二个目的是调查 PBI 在不同年龄组（成人与儿童）之间的因子不变性。结果表明，PBI 可用于儿童样本（测量不变性），但 PBI 潜在变量在不同年龄组之间的感知似乎不同（非结构不变性）。作者得出结论，需要进一步研究，以了解这些差异是由于儿童对亲子关系的看法实际发生了变化，还是由于儿童理解 PBI 理论结构的能力存在概念问题。
