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Educational and Psychological Measurement
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Parent as a Teacher Inventory: Factor Analyses for Fathers, Mothers, and Teachers

Kathy R. Thornburg

Department of Human Development and Family Studies, University of Missouri-Columbia

Mary McPhail Gray

Department of Human Development and Family Studies, University of Missouri-Columbia

Jean M. Ispa

Department of Human Development and Family Studies, University of Missouri-Columbia

Strom (1974) developed the Parent as a Teacher Inventory (PAAT) to measure parents' feelings and beliefs regarding interaction with their young children. Parents indicate their level of agreement with 50 Likert-type statements. A factor analysis was performed on the responses of 615 parents of preschool children. In addition, items were slightly re-worded and given to 267 early childhood teachers. Results indicated that 33 of the 50 PAAT items are included in 5 separate factors for fathers; 29 items are included in 5 factors for mothers; and 35 items are in 5 factors for teachers. Next, two techniques comparing factor structures were employed to determine if this instrument could be used in a comparative manner among fathers, mothers and/or teachers. These analyses strongly support the idea of factor congruence across the three samples.

Educational and Psychological Measurement, Vol. 49, No. 3, 689-695 (1989)
DOI: 10.1177/001316448904900323
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