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Cross-national Invariance of Dimensions of Parental Rearing Behaviour

Comparison of Psychometric Data of Swedish Depressives and Healthy Subjects with Dutch Target Ratings on the EMBU

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 January 2018

Willem A. Arrindell ,
Carlo Perris ,
Hjördis Perris ,
Martin Eisemann ,
Jan van der Ende  and
Lars von Knorring
Willem A. Arrindell*
Affiliation:
Department of Clinical Psychology, Academic Hospital of the State University of Groningen, Oostersingel 59, 9713 EZ Groningen, The Netherlands
Carlo Perris
Affiliation:
Department of Psychiatry III and WHO Collaborating Centre for Research and Training in Psychiatry, Umeå University, S-901 85 Umeå, Sweden
Hjördis Perris
Affiliation:
Department of Psychiatry, Umeå University
Martin Eisemann
Affiliation:
Department of Psychiatry, Umeå University
Jan van der Ende
Affiliation:
Department of Clinical Psychology, Academic Hospital, Groningen
Lars von Knorring
Affiliation:
Department of Psychiatry, Umeå University
*
∗ Correspondence
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Abstract

A psychometric study on Swedish and Dutch samples used the EMBU, a self-report instrument designed to assess memories of parents' rearing behaviour. Of the four primary factors identified previously with Dutch individuals (Rejection, Emotional Warmth, Over-protection, and Favouring Subject), the first three were retrieved in a similar form in the two Swedish groups (depressives and healthy, non-patients). Examination of the metric equivalence of the scales and the strength of the factors for each group indicated that comparisons of patterns and levels between groups from the respective countries on the three factors showing cross-national constancy would be warranted. Scale-level factor analyses of these dimensions produced identical two-factor compositions (CARE and PROTECTION) across national groups which further supported this conclusion.

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The British Journal of Psychiatry , Volume 148 , Issue 3 , March 1986 , pp. 305 - 309
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Copyright © 1986 The Royal College of Psychiatrists 

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