Psychometric Property and Construction of Parenting Skills Assessment Inventory for Parent of Adolescent in Kogi State

OMACHI, DANIEL (2025) Psychometric Property and Construction of Parenting Skills Assessment Inventory for Parent of Adolescent in Kogi State. PAAU Journal of Education, 13 (1). pp. 1-7. ISSN 2754-5653

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Abstract

This study is an instrumentation study that was designed to develop and validate an instrument. Parenting skill assessment inventory (PSAI) which will be used for assessment of parental skill in dealings with the adolescents. All the parent of the students in the 258 schools of the six education zone in Kogi State was used for this study. The sample is made up of 1,920 parents, randomly selected from 20 schools in the six education zones. Two research questions were formulated to guide the study. For the purpose of validation, the instrument was initially drafted with 45 items and subjected to factor analysis procedure using principal component analysis and varimax rotation respectively, thus reducing the instrument to 30 valid items which yielded a reliability coefficient index of 0.78. A thirty item parental skills assessment inventory was developed under six constructs-relationship skills; communication/listening skill; monitoring skills; skills of effective praise and reinforcement, conflict resolution skills and information giving skills. It is therefore recommended that the parental skill assessment inventory (PSAI) be used by experts in educational measurement and evaluation, parents, guidance and counseling, therapist for assessing the extent in which the difficulties experienced by Nigerian adolescents emanate from their homes.

Item Type: Article
Subjects: L Education > L Education (General)
Divisions: Faculty of Arts > Faculty of Law > Faculty of Management and Social Sciences > Faculty of Education
Depositing User: mrs chioma hannah
Date Deposited: 24 Aug 2025 10:24
Last Modified: 24 Aug 2025 10:24
URI: http://eprints.gouni.edu.ng/id/eprint/5219

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