Emotional and Social Parenting Competence Scale

Information
Author(s)
R.A. Martínez
M. T. Iglesias
B. Rodríguez
L. Álvarez
Original Language
Spanish
Target population
Couple and families
Respondent
Facilitators
Couple and Families Measures / Outcomes
Affection, communication and conflict resolution
Reference
Martínez, R. A., Iglesias, M. T., Rodríguez, B., & Álvarez, L. (2015). Psychometric char-acteristics of the Emotional and Social Parenting Competence Scale (ESPCS). Paperpresented at the Symposium on Positive Parenting: Assessment, Programs andEvaluation of the European Conference on Educational Research, ECER 2015,Budapest, 8–11 September.
Number of items
17
Name and number of scales
Parents’emotional self-regulation abilities; items on parents’ self-esteemand assertiveness; items on communication strategies; items on strategies to solve conflicts and to negotiate; and items onstrategies to fix coherent norms, limits and consequences to pro-mote positive discipline.
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