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Development, Reliability and Validation of Iranian Scale of Positive and Safe Parenting
Mahnaz Aliakbari Dehkordi *1 , Razieh Esmaeili2 , Tayebeh Mohtashami3 , Masuomeh Tadris Tabrizi4
1- Professor, Department of Psychology, South Tehran Branch, Payame Noor University, Tehran, Iran , aliakbaridehkordi@gmail.com
2- Ph.D. Student in Health Psychology, Tehran University, Tehran, Iran
3- Ph.D. in Addiction Studies, School of Medicine Shahroud University, Shahroud, Iran
4- Ph.D. in Psychology, Payame Noor University, Tehran, Iran
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Due to the developmental importance of parenting, many questionnaires have been created to measure parenting styles in children, some of which have been translated into Persian and are used in Persian research. Each of these questionnaires cover a specific dimension of parenting separately, so it can be said that the existence of a tool that can examine all the effective factors together and is compatible with Iranian culture is of particular importance, therefore the current research tries to answer this question, does the Iranian scale of Positive and safe parenting have the desired validity and reliability? The present study was a descriptive correlational study and was carried out on mothers who lived in Tehran and who filled in the researcher-made questionnaire. Data was analyzed using Cronbach's alpha, exploratory factor analysis and confirmatory factor analysis with the help of SPSS-22 and LISREL-8.5 software. The results showed that the reliability coefficient of the questionnaire using Cronbach's alpha has a desirable fit for the whole scale and each of the factors. In addition, exploratory factor analysis revealed seven factors including awareness and participation in parenting, the motivation and beliefs of parents in parenting, the principles of parenting and Positive parenting, authoritative parenting style, the principles of good interaction and relationship building, awareness of the principles of encouragement and secure attachment, explained 46.83% of the total variance. Based on confirmatory factor analysis, the results showed an acceptable fit in determining the factors. The present study showed that the designed tool has the necessary sufficiency and can be used in research and to measure the quality of parenting and This tool has acceptable reliability, validity and fitness to measure the quality of Positive and Safe Parenting in Iranian samples

Article number: 10
Keywords: Positive Parenting, Safe Attachment, Psychometric Characteristick, Exploratory Factor Analysis, Confirmatory Factor Analysis
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Received: 2024/04/2 | Revised: 2026/05/8 | Accepted: 2025/07/17 | ePublished ahead of print: 2025/10/5 | Published: 2025/12/31
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