Parent Success Indicator

Parent Success Indicator: Cross-Cultural Development and Factorial Validation

This study examined whether the original factor structure of the Parent Success Indicator (PSI) could be replicated with scores from generational views on both the English- and Mandarin-language versions of the instrument. The 60-item PSI was evaluated using responses from 840 Taiwanese parents (n = 429) and their 10- to 14-year-old adolescents (n = 411), along with 1,618 parents ( n = 794) and their 10- to 14-year-old adolescents (n = 824) from the United States. The six-factor solution set resulting from varimax and oblimin rotation accounted for between 46% and 54% of the total variance in the four analyses, confirming the original conceptual intent of the instrument. The pattern of item-to-factor correlation suggests a goodness of fit ranging from 51 to 56 of the 60 items for the four respondent groups.