Psychometric Evaluation of the Parentification Inventory in a Polish Adolescent Sample
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There are only a few instruments that assess for parentification in adults and even fewer that examine current levels of parentification among adolescents. The original Parentification Inventory (PI; Hooper, 2009) was developed to assess for parentification—a family caregiving process abdicated by adults to children—among adults in the United States. The current study evaluated the psychometric properties of an adapted version of the PI scores for its use in Polish-speaking adolescents ( N = 272). The results of the confirmatory factor analysis showed that the current PI holds its original three-factor structure among the current sample and thus supports its use in Polish adolescents.
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The parentification inventory has been translated into many languages and has demonstrated reliability and validity in studies across continents-North America, Australia, South America, Africa, Europe, and Asia.
“The fact that the parentification inventory has been translated into many languages and has demonstrated reliability and validity in studies across continents—North America, Australia, South America [165], Africa [166], Europe [167], and Asia [55]”
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- Authors
- Borchet, J., Schneider, W. S., Lewandowska-Walter, A., Tomek, S., & Hooper, L. M.
- Affiliations
- University of Gdańsk (PL)
- University of Northern Iowa (US)
- Baylor University (US)
- Corresponding author
- Hooper, Lisa M.
- Venue
- The Family Journal
- Publisher
- SAGE Publications
- Published
- 2022-12-30
- Volume
- 31
- Issue
- 3
- Pages
- 488-497
- ISSN
- 1066-4807 (ISSN-L)
- 1552-3950
- OpenAlex
- W4313364873
- Cited by
- 5
- References
- 46
- Citations by year
- 2026: 1 · 2025: 2 · 2024: 1 · 2023: 1
- FWCI
- 1.67
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- The Family Journal (publishedVersion)
- Funders
- National Science Centre (Grant Etiuda 7 [2019/32/T/HS6/00084])
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Demography › Family Dynamics and Relationships
- Social Sciences › Decision Sciences › Management Science and Operations Research › Psychometric Methodologies and Testing
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Social Psychology › Attachment and Relationship Dynamics
- Keywords
- parentification, adolescents, psychometric properties, factor structure, cross-cultural adaptation, Polish adolescents, family caregiving, instrument validation
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