Validation of the Parental Knowledge Questionnaire in Mexican adolescents
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Parental knowledge, adolescents, problem behaviorAbstract
Parental knowledge is related to less drug use by adolescents, as well as high academic performance and rejection of risky behaviors such as drug use. Objective: Validate the parental knowledge questionnaire in the Mexican adolescent population. Material and methods: Cross-sectional study with a sample of 654 students to whom the parental knowledge questionnaire was applied, which is made up of 22 questions divided into 4 subscales. An exploratory factor analysis and a confirmatory factor analysis were carried out, as well as internal consistency. Results: A Kaiser-Meyer-Oklin coefficient of .941 was obtained and three factors were formed explaining 61.38% of the variance. The goodness of fit indices obtained were satisfactory ( =8637.055, gl=231, p<.001; RMSEA=.04, CFI=.985), with Cronbach's Alpha values and McDonald's Omega values of 0.924. and 0.925, respectively. Conclusions: It was evident that the parental knowledge questionnaire has acceptable validity and internal consistency in the Mexican population to be considered an effective measurement tool of the knowledge that parents obtain from their children about their academic and leisure activities, as well as from their peers.
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