Factor structure of the "me as A Parent" scale in a community sample of Portuguese mothers

Abstract

This study aimed to examine the factor structure of the Portuguese version of a parental selfregulation measure: "Me as a Parent"(MaaP). A confirmatory factor analysis was conducted with an online convenience sample of 370 mothers of children aged between 3 and 15 (M = 9, SD = 3.74). Results showed that in this sample, the original structure of the MaaP was not confirmed. The revised model with three first-order factors showed good fit indices, Χ2 = 202.37, p