The Comprehensive Early Childhood Parenting Questionnaire – Italian Version (CECPAQ-IT): Factor Structure, Reliability, and Validity

<i><b>Objective.</b></i> The current study examines the factor structure, reliability, and validity of the Italian version of the Comprehensive Early Childhood Parenting Questionnaire (CECPAQ-IT), a self-report questionnaire that assesses parenting Support, Stimulation, Structure, Harsh discipline, and Positive discipline. <i><b>Design.</b></i> Participants were 2013 Italian mothers rearing a 4- to 5-year-old child (51.8% boys, <i>M</i>_age = 4.33 years, <i>SD</i> = 0.47). <i><b>Results.</b></i> Results confirmed the original five-factor structure of the instrument and supported the reliability and validity of the CECPAQ-IT. The criterion validity of the CECPAQ-IT was confirmed by expected relations with parenting stress, which were negative for Support, Stimulation, Structure, and Positive discipline and positive for Harsh discipline. <i><b>Conclusions.</b></i> The CECPAQ-IT is a reliable and valid tool to measure relevant dimensions of parenting in early childhood in the Italian context.