Document Type
Thesis
Degree
Master of Science (MS)
Department
Psychology
Advisor's Name
Wendy Silverman
Advisor's Title
Committee Chair
Advisor's Name
Dionne Stephens
Advisor's Name
Jeremy Pettit
Keywords
Attachment, Anxiety, IPPA
Date of Defense
5-15-2012
Abstract
The present study examined the factor structure of the Inventory of Parent and Peer Attachment (IPPA; Armsden & Greenberg, 1987) in a US sample of 282 clinic-referred anxious Latino youth (48.9% girls; M = 10.5 years). The IPPA is a self-report questionnaire that assesses youths’ perceptions of attachment to parents and to peers and contains a three factor structure with items measuring Trust, Communication, and Alienation. Both confirmatory factor analysis and exploratory factor analysis were performed to test the factor structure of the IPPA in a sample of anxious Latino youth.
Results showed that a two factor structure best accounted for the data in the present study. These findings are inconsistent with prior research concluding that the IPPA contained a three factor structure (Armsden & Greenberg, 1987). Results suggest that the IPPA may not capture the intended constructs among ethnically diverse clinic-referred populations. Implications of the findings are further discussed.
Recommended Citation
Hausman, Devi, "The Factor Structure of the Inventory of Parent and Peer Attachment in a Clinic-referred Sample of Anxious Latino Youth" (2012). FIU Electronic Theses and Dissertations. Paper 652.
http://digitalcommons.fiu.edu/etd/652