Psychometric Properties of a Co-parent Relationship Scale Adapted for the Chilean Context

Abstract

Co-parenting is situated as a central construct in the evaluation of parental competencies, however, there is little evidence on standardized instruments for its measurement. This study sought to evaluate the psychometric properties of the adapted version of the Coparental Relationship Scale (CRS) by Feinberg, Brown and Kan (2012) for the Chilean context. A total of 940 fathers and mothers, between 17 and 68 years old, belonging to three macro-zones of Chile, and mostly Chilean, participated. The results referring to the structure evaluated by exploratory (EFA) and confirmatory factor analysis (CFA),suggest a three-dimensional structure, contrary to the original four-factor model. At the reliability level, optimal values ranging from .86 to .96 were found for the different dimensions. Moderate, significant, and theoretically expected values were observed among the dimensions when evaluating the relationships with parental stress. The implications associated with the use of the instrument in the Chilean context are discussed.