Psychometric Evaluation of the Strength-Based Parenting Questionnaire and Comparison of Perceived Strength-Based Parenting in Collectivistic and Individualistic Cultures
Waters L. Weber M. Alimova S. Amado A. Cham C.Q. Chen W.-W. Durán A.P. Gargurevich R. Gitikhmayeva L. Ho S.K. Ibrahim N. Kalaman C.R. Kheit A.A. Loftsdóttir L.H. Loton D. del Prado P.N. Özdemir Y. Rosenbaum T.R. Ryabova M. Sağkal A.S. Samekin A. Siaw Y.-L. Siau C.S. Sultanova L. Sumargi A.M. Tosti S. Yahya A.N. Zavala C.
October 2025Springer Science and Business Media B.V.
Journal of Happiness Studies
2025#26Issue 7
This study examined strength-based parenting scores rated by a large youth sample (N = 2,449; M = 15.03 years ± 2.94; 55.7% female; 44.3% male) collected from 9 countries classified as collectivistic (Indonesia, Israel [Arab citizens], Kazakhstan, Macau, Peru, Turkey, and Uzbekistan) or individualistic (Australia and Germany). Psychometric evaluation of the Strength-Based Parenting Questionnaire (SBPQ) showed factorial validity, strong internal consistency, and strong test re-test reliability. Strict measurement invariance was found between the two cultural groupings and across the seven language versions of the SBPQ, providing confidence that the SBPQ is a tool that can be used in cross-cultural research. Youth from individualistic countries perceived parents to have higher knowledge of their strengths; however, Cohen’s d of 0.13 indicated that the difference was very low. There was no significant difference on ratings of parents encouraging them to use their strengths. Overall, the findings suggest that youth perceptions about strength-based parenting may be more common, than different, across the two cultural categories. By establishing the psychometric robustness of the SBPQ in collectivistic and individualistic youth samples, this study has opened the door for increased cross-cultural research into the antecedents, moderators, and outcomes of strength-based parenting.
Cross-cultural research , Individualistic–collectivistic , Parenting , Positive psychology , Strength-based parenting
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Centre for Wellbeing Science, The University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia
Department of Psychology, Faculty of Human Sciences, Medical School Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany
Pavlodar Pedagogical University, Pavlodar, Kazakhstan
Department of Psychology, Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú, Lima, Peru
Centre for Healthy Ageing and Wellness (H-CARE), Faculty of Health Sciences, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, Bangi, Malaysia
Faculty of Education, University of Macau, Taipa, Macao
L.N. Gumilyov Eurasian National University, Astana, Kazakhstan
Institute of Islam Hadhari, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, Bangi, Malaysia
Faculty of Social Sciences, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel
University of Iceland, Reykjavik, Iceland
Aydın Adnan Menderes University, Aydın, Turkey
Renata Adler Memorial Research Center for Child Welfare and Protection, Bob Shapell School of Social Work, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel
Lomonosov Moscow State University, Branch in Tashkent, Tashkent, Uzbekistan
M. Narikbayev KAZGUU University, Astana, Kazakhstan
Department of Educational Psychology and Counselling, Faculty of Education, Universiti Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Faculty of Health Sciences, Universiti Kebangsaan, Bangi, Malaysia
Widya Mandala Surabaya Catholic University, East Java, Indonesia
Teachers College, Columbia University, New York, United States
Centre for Wellbeing Science
Department of Psychology
Pavlodar Pedagogical University
Department of Psychology
Centre for Healthy Ageing and Wellness (H-CARE)
Faculty of Education
L.N. Gumilyov Eurasian National University
Institute of Islam Hadhari
Faculty of Social Sciences
University of Iceland
Aydın Adnan Menderes University
Renata Adler Memorial Research Center for Child Welfare and Protection
Lomonosov Moscow State University
M. Narikbayev KAZGUU University
Department of Educational Psychology and Counselling
Faculty of Health Sciences
Widya Mandala Surabaya Catholic University
Teachers College
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