1. The Structure of Parental Bonding in South African Students.
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Mashegoane, Solomon, Debusho, Legesse Kassa, Ramaboea, Sewala Monicca, and Mhlongo, Mpumelelo Marcel
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PSYCHOLOGICAL tests , *PARENTS , *COLLEGE students , *AUTHORITARIANISM , *MENTAL depression - Abstract
The Parental Bonding Instrument (PBI: Parker, Tupling & Brown, 1979) offers a practical way of conceptualizing parental experiences. In the present study, PBI scores of 522 students from a South African university were factor analyzed, yielding a three-factor structure for the maternal-PBI subscale. However, the paternal-PBI data were interpretable only for a four-factor solution. Confirmatory factor analyses were conducted and Kendler's (1996) three-factor model offered the best-fit to the maternal-PBI data. The regression analyses on depression versus PBI factors of warmth, protectiveness and authoritarianism showed that higher parenting-style scores of maternal authoritarianism and paternal warmth increased the subjective experience of depression, and paternal protectiveness predicted a decrease of depression reports. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2007
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