Understanding and Improving the Validity of Self-Report of Parenting

Morsbach, Sarah K.; Prinz, Ronald J.

doi:10.1007/s10567-006-0001-5

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Understanding and Improving the Validity of Self-Report of Parenting

Morsbach, Sarah K., Prinz, Ronald J.·2006·Clinical Child and Family Psychology Review

DOI 10.1007/s10567-006-0001-5

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Although researchers using parental self-report data have questioned its validity (Holden, 2001) and called for more work in this area (Krevans & Gibbs, 1996; Locke & Prinz, 2002), methodological concerns regarding self-report about parenting practices have not been addressed adequately. The susceptibility of parental report to systematic distortions suggests a need for research on ways to improve self-report. This paper attempts to synthesize research findings from other fields (e.g., survey methodology) about ways to improve the validity of self-report, and to discuss the implications for self-report of parenting behaviors. Methods for improving self-report are presented for each of the 5 major tasks in responding to a question: (1) understanding the question, (2) recalling relevant behavior, (3) inference and estimation, (4) mapping the answer onto the response format, and (5) "editing" the answer for reasons of social desirability. Self-administered interviewing, audio-computer-assisted interviewing, pretesting, conversational interviewing, and the decompositional item may be among the best candidates for use in parental self-report. Recommendations are offered with respect to strategies that might prove useful in improving parental assessment of parenting, and to research efforts to evaluate the utility and potential costs of these strategies.

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The validity of self-report measures to assess parenting representations such as parental reflective functioning and caregiving helplessness has been questioned.
“The validity of self-report measures to assess parenting representations such as parental reflective functioning and caregiving helplessness has been questioned [17, 64, 65]”
From Optimizing parenting and child outcomes following parent–child interaction therapy – toddler: a randomized controlled trial (2024) · cites this paper as [64]
Parenting constructs have particular elements that are vulnerable to the distortion inherent in self-report.
“Additionally, parenting constructs have particular elements that are vulnerable to the distortion inherent in self-report (Morsbach and Prinz, 2006).”
From A Systematic Review of “Helicopter Parenting” and Its Relationship With Anxiety and Depression (2022) · cites this paper as Morsbach and Prinz, 2006
The study relied heavily on self-report measures, which are known for problems with social desirability.
“Also, our study relied heavily on self-report measures, which are known for their problems with social desirability [98].”
From Effectiveness of a psycho-educational intervention for expecting parents to prevent postpartum parenting stress, depression and anxiety: A randomized controlled trial. (2020) · cites this paper as [98]

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Authors: Morsbach, S. K., & Prinz, R. J.
Affiliations: University of South Carolina (US)
Corresponding author: Prinz, Ronald J.
ORCID: Prinz, Ronald J.
Venue: Clinical Child and Family Psychology Review
Publisher: Springer Science and Business Media LLC
Published: 2006-03
Volume: 9
Issue: 1
Pages: 1-21
ISSN: 1096-4037 (ISSN-L)
1573-2827
DOI: 10.1007/s10567-006-0001-5
OpenAlex: W1995902576
Cited by: 302
References: 109
Citations by year: 2026: 14 · 2025: 27 · 2024: 23 · 2023: 16 · 2022: 37 · 2021: 18 · 2020: 21 · 2019: 20 · 2018: 11 · 2017: 11 · 2016: 20 · 2015: 14 · 2014: 13 · 2013: 15 · 2012: 6
FWCI: 2.43
Type: journal article
Language: en
Open access: closed
Licence: www.springer.com/tdm (tdm)
Locations: Clinical Child and Family Psychology Review (publishedVersion)
PubMed (publishedVersion)
Topics: Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Survey Methodology and Nonresponse
Social Sciences › Decision Sciences › Management Science and Operations Research › Psychometric Methodologies and Testing
Social Sciences › Demography › Family Dynamics and Relationships
Keywords: parental self-report, parenting practices, measurement validity, social desirability bias, computer-assisted interviewing, pretesting, question comprehension
MeSH terms: Cues, Data Collection, Humans, Interviews as Topic, Parents, Surveys and Questionnaires, Mental Recall, Reproducibility of Results, Parenting

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