Thompson Darcy A, Johnson Susan L, Schmiege Sarah J, Vandewater Elizabeth A, Boles Richard E, Lev Jerusha, Tschann Jeanne M
Department of Pediatrics, University of Colorado School of Medicine, Anschutz Medical Campus, Mail Stop F561, 12631 East 17th Avenue, Room 2605, Aurora, CO, 80045, USA.
Department of Pediatrics, University of Colorado School of Medicine, Aurora, CO, USA.
Matern Child Health J. 2018 Jun;22(6):849-857. doi: 10.1007/s10995-018-2458-5.
Objectives Parental beliefs about child television viewing may affect the way parents regulate child television viewing. Despite this, little research has focused on the development of measures of parental beliefs about child television viewing, particularly among ethnic minority parents and parents of young children. This study's objective was to develop and test a culturally-based measure of parental beliefs about television viewing in low-income Mexican American mothers of preschoolers. Methods Using a cross-sectional study design, 22 items reflecting parental beliefs about influences of TV on children were developed and assessed for psychometric properties in a sample of 312 low-income Mexican American mothers of preschoolers. Results Using exploratory factor analysis, we identified four factors reflecting four domains of parental beliefs: positive general beliefs, positive sleep-related beliefs, positive functional beliefs, and negative general beliefs. Internal reliabilities were acceptable (Cronbach's alpha = 0.70-0.89) for all factors except negative general beliefs (Cronbach's alpha = 0.61). Positive sleep-related beliefs and Positive Functional Beliefs were correlated with children's average daily hours of TV (r = 0.16, p < .01; r = 0.22, p < .001, respectively) and with mother's average daily hours of TV (r = 0.14, p < .05; r = 0.22, p < .001, respectively), providing initial support for construct validity. Conclusions for Practice The Beliefs about Child TV viewing scale measures four domains of parental beliefs regarding child TV viewing, and has good initial reliability and validity for three factors. Future use will allow investigators to conduct more in-depth evaluations on the influence of parental beliefs on the way parents shape their child's use of the TV.
目标 父母对孩子看电视的看法可能会影响他们管理孩子看电视的方式。尽管如此，很少有研究关注父母对孩子看电视看法的测量方法的开发，尤其是在少数族裔父母和幼儿父母中。本研究的目的是开发并测试一种基于文化的测量方法，用于评估低收入墨西哥裔美国学龄前儿童母亲对孩子看电视的看法。方法 采用横断面研究设计，开发了22个反映父母对电视对孩子影响看法的项目，并在312名低收入墨西哥裔美国学龄前儿童母亲的样本中评估其心理测量特性。结果 通过探索性因素分析，我们确定了反映父母看法四个领域的四个因素：积极的总体看法、与睡眠相关的积极看法、积极的功能看法和消极的总体看法。除消极的总体看法（克朗巴赫α系数=0.61）外，所有因素的内部信度均可接受（克朗巴赫α系数=0.70 - 0.89）。与睡眠相关的积极看法和积极的功能看法与孩子平均每天看电视的时长相关（r分别为0.16，p < 0.01；r为0.22，p < 0.001），也与母亲平均每天看电视的时长相关（r分别为0.14，p < 0.05；r为0.22，p < 0.001），为结构效度提供了初步支持。实践结论 儿童看电视看法量表测量了父母对孩子看电视看法的四个领域，并且三个因素具有良好的初始信度和效度。未来的使用将使研究人员能够更深入地评估父母看法对父母塑造孩子使用电视方式的影响。
