Modification of the block child rearing practices report

Abstract

Factor analyzed the Block Child Rearing Practices Report (CRPR), which consists of 91 socialization-relevant statements. Studies have noted that the CRPR lacks homogeneity from sample to sample because of the large number of determined factors (28–33). The CRPR was administered to 95 parents from an urban and suburban school district and 211 undergraduates majoring in psychology in the form of a questionnaire that utilized a 6-point Likert type scale. Two factors were determined by analysis of the questionnaire using the Likert type format: Restrictiveness and Nurturance. Forty items of the original 91 loaded on the identified two factors. When the intended Q-sort format was administered to 150 undergraduate psychology students for cross validation, these two factors were identified further as stable dimensions. The results indicate that the modified 40-item Likert format of the CRPR facilitates administration and interpretation of the scale, without impeding reliability, and enhances its usefulness as an effective instrument in program evaluation.