Chinese Revision of the Parentification Questionnaire (KPdM) and Its Test of Reliability and Validity

Key Points

• The study aims to revise the Parentification Questionnaire for youth into an adult version and test its reliability and validity in Chinese university students.
• Revised the questionnaire based on an established youth parentification scale.
• Translated and back-translated with input from psychology students with overseas experience.
• Tested the Chinese version on 642 university students using descriptive and exploratory structural equation modeling (ESEM).
• Item analyses indicated good item discrimination with Cronbach's alpha of 0.847 for only children and 0.919 for non-only children.
• The ESEM supported a two-factor structure of emotional and instrumental parentification with acceptable fit indices.
• Fit indices for emotional parentification included χ2/df=1.80-2.88 with CFI=0.953-0.987; instrumental parentification showed χ2/df=1.73-3.25 with CFI=0.984-0.992.

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