Sartor Carolyn E, Kennelly Nicole, Chung Tammy, Latendresse Shawn J
Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, Institute for Health, Health Care Policy and Aging Research, Rutgers University.
Department of Psychology and Neuroscience, Baylor University.
J Fam Psychol. 2025 Mar;39(2):160-170. doi: 10.1037/fam0001308. Epub 2025 Jan 27.
Parental monitoring is a robust family-level predictor of youth well-being. Identification of variations by gender and/or race/ethnicity in parental monitoring has important implications for tailoring parenting practices. However, valid comparisons can only be conducted if cross-subpopulation measurement equivalence is established. Although measurement equivalence testing is widely used, it rarely (a) assesses intersectional identity (i.e., identity reflecting multiple factors such as race/ethnicity and gender) or (b) involves generating scores adjusted for nonequivalence. This is the first known study to do both with a parental monitoring measure. Measurement equivalence by sex (proxy for gender), race/ethnicity, and intersectional identity (sex by race/ethnicity) was assessed in the five-item Parental Monitoring Questionnaire administered to middle-school-aged Black, Latinx, and White girls and boys. Data were drawn from the second follow-up of the Adolescent Brain Cognitive Development Study ( = 9,082; 47.5% female, 52.5% male; 15.5% Black, 22.9% Latinx, 61.6% White). Moderated nonlinear factor analysis was used to identify group differences in item-level (intercepts and loadings) and factor-level (mean and variance) parameter estimates for a latent parental monitoring variable and subsequently to generate factor scores accounting for measurement nonequivalence. Intercepts or loadings for four items differed by sex, race/ethnicity, and/or intersectional identity. Factor mean and variance differed by race/ethnicity. Comparisons across the six groups using adjusted (factor) scores differed substantially from comparisons using unadjusted scores, underscoring the impact of systematic measurement bias on the valid assessment of parental monitoring in girls and boys who identify with these racial/ethnic groups. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2025 APA, all rights reserved).
父母监督是青少年幸福的一个强有力的家庭层面预测因素。识别父母监督在性别和/或种族/族裔方面的差异,对于调整养育方式具有重要意义。然而,只有在建立跨子群体测量等效性的情况下,才能进行有效的比较。尽管测量等效性测试被广泛使用,但它很少(a)评估交叉身份(即反映种族/族裔和性别等多个因素的身份),或(b)涉及生成针对不等效性进行调整的分数。这是第一项对父母监督测量同时进行这两项操作的已知研究。在对初中年龄的黑人、拉丁裔和白人女孩及男孩进行的五项父母监督问卷中,评估了性别(性别代理)、种族/族裔和交叉身份(性别与种族/族裔)的测量等效性。数据来自青少年大脑认知发展研究的第二次随访(n = 9082;47.5%为女性,52.5%为男性;15.5%为黑人,22.9%为拉丁裔,61.6%为白人)。使用调节非线性因子分析来识别潜在父母监督变量在项目层面(截距和载荷)和因子层面(均值和方差)参数估计中的组间差异,并随后生成考虑测量不等效性的因子分数。四个项目的截距或载荷因性别、种族/族裔和/或交叉身份而异。因子均值和方差因种族/族裔而异。使用调整后(因子)分数对六组进行的比较与使用未调整分数的比较有很大不同,这突出了系统测量偏差对认同这些种族/族裔群体的女孩和男孩父母监督有效评估的影响。(PsycInfo数据库记录(c)2025美国心理学会,保留所有权利)