Holistic Parenting Scale: Developing a Holistic Parenting Scale Model based on Islamic Values

Abstract

Islamic treasures have a parenting concept originating from the Holy Qur’an and the Hadith. I call this Islamic parenting concept a Holistic Parenting. Samples used in this study were as follows: five parents during the data elicitation stage, 228 male and female teenagers during the try-out stage and 616 16-to-17-year-old teenagers during the primary data collection stage. Based on the internal consistency test and construct validity test, the holistic parenting scale has a good validity and reliability. This scale is capable of measuring the same construct consistently, and is valid to measure the construct holistic parenting consisting of five dimensions namely: qudwah hasanah (integrated role model), al addah (habituation), al mauidzah (effective advice), al mulahadzah (fairness in care and control), and uqubah wa ujaroh (proportional consequences). Through the psychometric standard procedure that has been undergone, the holistic parenting scale presented in this study has been able to be employed to measure parents’ parenting capability over their sons and daughters in the Muslim family in Indonesia.