Institute of Psychology, Mykolas Romeris University, Ateities Str. 20, 08303, Vilnius, Lithuania.
Faculty of Social Sciences, Arts, and Humanities, Kaunas University of Technology, Kaunas, Lithuania.
BMC Psychol. 2022 Dec 2;10(1):285. doi: 10.1186/s40359-022-00983-6.
The prolonged transitions to adulthood strengthen interest in parenting characteristics that can shape emerging adults' development and progression to full-fledged adulthood. It also strengthens interest in instruments suitable for measuring such parenting characteristics. The current study contributes to this area of research by applying the Interpersonal Behavior Questionnaire (IBQ), to assess parenting behaviors that are pertinent for emerging adults' development and wellbeing, and seeks evidence of its dimensional structure and criterion validity.
The sample of the study consisted of 600 emerging adults (M = 24.94, SD = 3.03, range 19-29 years; 52.3% women). The dimensionality of IBQ was assessed by testing a sequence of theoretically plausible models representing alternative factor score structures. Criterion validity was investigated by exploring the associations between the IBQ dimensions and basic psychological need satisfaction and frustration, negative affectivity, and thriving.
The findings provide evidence of a hypothesized six-factor structure, but advocate for the use of exploratory structural equation as it may more accurately reflect associations between the six dimensions. Findings also provide evidence of criterion validity.
The findings indicate that IBQ applied to parenting targets dimensions highly relevant for EAs' flourishing or impoverished functioning. Findings also offer evidence of structure and criterion validity for the IBQ applied to emerging adults' parent behaviors. As such, researchers may find IBQ attractive, as it is relatively concise yet also a holistic measure that captures the behaviors that both support and thwart an emerging adult's need for autonomy, competence, and relatedness. Findings also shed light on the process of becoming an adult, the shift in parent-child relationships during this process, and emerging adults' wellbeing.
成年期的延长增强了对能够塑造成年早期发展和向完全成熟成年期过渡的父母特征的兴趣。它也增强了对适合衡量这种父母特征的工具的兴趣。本研究通过应用人际行为问卷(IBQ)来评估与成年早期发展和幸福相关的父母行为,为这一研究领域做出了贡献,并寻求其维度结构和效标效度的证据。
该研究的样本由 600 名成年早期个体(M=24.94,SD=3.03,范围 19-29 岁;52.3%为女性)组成。通过测试一系列理论上合理的模型来评估 IBQ 的维度结构,这些模型代表了替代的因子评分结构。通过探讨 IBQ 维度与基本心理需求满足和挫折、负性情感和茁壮成长之间的关系,研究了效标效度。
研究结果提供了假设的六因素结构的证据,但提倡使用探索性结构方程,因为它可能更准确地反映六个维度之间的关系。研究结果还提供了效标效度的证据。
研究结果表明,IBQ 应用于父母目标与成年早期个体繁荣或功能不良相关的维度。研究结果还为 IBQ 在成年早期个体父母行为中的结构和效标效度提供了证据。因此,研究人员可能会发现 IBQ 具有吸引力,因为它相对简洁,但也是一种全面的衡量标准,可以捕捉到既支持又阻碍成年早期个体自主、能力和关联性需求的行为。研究结果还揭示了成为成年人的过程、在此过程中亲子关系的转变以及成年早期个体的幸福感。