Table 2 Item description, item difficulty, and misfit item(s)
From: TV parenting practices: is the same scale appropriate for parents of children of different ages?
Age | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Items | Item questions | All | Low edu. | English | 3-5 yo | 5-8 yo | 9-12 yo |
Social Co-viewing (Cronbach’s alpha = 0.83) | |||||||
6 | How often do you laugh with your child about the things you see on TV? | -1.02 | -0.16 | 0.00 | 0.06 | -0.29 | 0.23 |
1 | How often do you watch TV together because you both like a program? | 0.04 | 0.06 | -0.10 | -0.11 | 0.17 | -0.06 |
12 | How often do you watch TV together because of a common interest in a program? | 0.14 | 0.02b | 0.15c | 0.23d | -0.11d | -0.12d |
14 | How often do you watch TV together just for fun? | 0.20 | 0.24 | -0.21 | 0.08 | 0.08 | -0.16 |
5 | How often do you watch your favorite program together? | 0.64 | -0.15 | 0.15 | -0.26 | 0.15 | 0.11 |
Instructive Mediation (Cronbach’s alpha = 0.83) | |||||||
2 | How often do you explain what something on TV really means? | -0.59a | 0.33 | -0.30 | 0.21 | 0.47 | -0.68 |
4 | How often do you try to help your child understand what she/he sees on TV? | -0.40 | -0.04 | -0.05 | -0.21 | 0.01 | 0.19 |
8 | How often do you point out why some things actors do are bad? | 0.08 | -0.14 | 0.17 | 0.14 | -0.36 | 0.22 |
10 | How often do you point out why some things actors do are good? | 0.18 | -0.02 | 0.03 | 0.06 | -0.06 | 0.00 |
13 | How often do you explain the motives of TV characters? | 0.72 | -0.13 | 0.16 | -0.20 | -0.07 | 0.27 |
Restrictive (Cronbach’s alpha = 0.72) | |||||||
15 | How often do you forbid your child to watch certain programs? | -0.38 | 0.04 | -0.06 | 0.01 | -0.18 | 0.17 |
9 | How often do you tell your child to turn off the TV when he/she is watching an unsuitable program? | -0.25 | -0.06 | 0.13 | 0.10 | 0.01 | -0.10 |
3 | How often do you specify in advance the programs that may be watched? | -0.07 | 0.02 | 0.03 | 0.16 | -0.26 | 0.10 |
11 | How often do you restrict the amount of TV your child can watch? | 0.09 | -0.07 | 0.07 | -0.25 | 0.20 | 0.05 |
7 | How often do you set specific viewing hours for your child? | 0.62 | 0.07 | -0.17 | -0.01 | 0.23 | -0.22 |