AU - Mehrad Sadr, Mohammad AU - Khademolreza, Nooshin AU - Akhbari, Saharnaz AU - Olamaei, Marzieh AU - Hashemian, Seyed Sepehr TI - Psychometric Characteristics of Persian Version of Parenting Style Index PT - JOURNAL ARTICLE TA - ijpcp JN - ijpcp VO - 24 VI - 1 IP - 1 4099 - http://ijpcp.iums.ac.ir/article-1-2627-en.html 4100 - http://ijpcp.iums.ac.ir/article-1-2627-en.pdf SO - ijpcp 1 ABĀ  - Objectives The present study investigated the factor structure and reliability of the Parenting Style Index 2. Methods A total of 381 students of Hakim Sabzevari University filled out the survey. An exploratory and confirmatory factor analysis was used to investigate the factor structure of the method, and Cronbach’s alpha and test-retest methods were employed for examining the reliability. Results The results of the principal component with varimax rotation showed three- and four-factorial solutions that explained 45.13% and 52.17% of the total variance, respectively. The results of the confirmatory factor analysis showed that the three-factorial solution was a better indication of the data than the four-factorial solution and that it fitted the data adequately in the Iranian society. The Cronbach’s alpha of the instrument was 0.65 and that for the subscales of the instrument was 0.53–0.75. The correlation coefficient of test-retest was 0.77, which demonstrated acceptable reliability of the instrument. Conclusion Acceptable reliability and fitting well with the data in Iranian society rendered the 3 factor PSI II as a suitable measure for determining the perceived parenting style with respect to screening or clinical purposes. CP - IRAN IN - Department of Clinical Psychology, Faculty of Psychology and Educational Sciences, Allameh Tabataba'i University, Tehran, Iran LG - eng PB - ijpcp PG - 80 PT - Original Research YR - 2018