20-item Dependency-Oriented and Achievement-Oriented Psychological Control Scale (DAPCS)

This dataset contains responses to a 20-item Dependency-Oriented and Achievement-Oriented Psychological Control Scale (DAPCS), measuring four distinct factors of psychological control perceived by adolescents from their parents.

Details

The data were collected in 2022 from a sample of 987 general high school students in China. Among the participants, 406 were male and 581 were female, with a mean age of 15.823 years (SD = 0.793).

The DAPCS scale was developed by Soenens and Vansteenkiste (2010). It consists of 20 items that are grouped into four distinct dimensions, each with demonstrated internal consistency:

  • Autonomy – Negative Reaction: Measures the extent of negative parental responses to adolescents' autonomy. Reliability: Cronbach's \(\alpha\) = 0.857

  • Dependence – Positive Reaction: Measures the extent of positive parental responses to adolescents' dependence. Reliability: Cronbach's \(\alpha\) = 0.817

  • Low Achievement – Negative Reaction: Measures the extent of negative parental responses to adolescents' low academic achievement. Reliability: Cronbach's \(\alpha\) = 0.885

  • High Achievement – Positive Reaction: Measures the extent of positive parental responses to adolescents' high academic achievement. Reliability: Cronbach's \(\alpha\) = 0.889

The scale contains 20 items rated on a 5-point Likert scale, ranging from 1 = strongly disagree to 5 = strongly agree. In the dataset in this EFAfactors package, the total scale demonstrated a Cronbach's \(\alpha\) of 0.923, and the four subscales showed Cronbach's \(\alpha\) ranging from 0.817 to 0.889, indicating good reliability.

References

Soenens, B., & Vansteenkiste, M. (2010). A theoretical upgrade of the concept of parental psychological control: Proposing new insights on the basis of self-determination theory. Developmental Review, 30(1), 74–99.

Examples

data(data.DAPCS)
response <- data.DAPCS[, -c(1, 2)]
head(response)
#>   i1 i2 i3 i4 i5 i6 i7 i8 i9 i10 i11 i12 i13 i14 i15 i16 i17 i18 i19 i20
#> 1  2  2  2  4  2  4  4  4  4   4   2   4   2   4   2   3   4   4   4   4
#> 2  4  3  4  5  4  2  4  2  3   2   1   1   1   5   1   4   1   1   5   5
#> 3  3  3  2  3  2  3  3  2  3   2   2   3   3   3   2   3   3   3   3   4
#> 4  3  2  2  2  2  2  2  2  3   3   3   3   3   3   3   3   3   3   3   3
#> 5  3  3  4  4  2  1  1  4  2   1   1   1   1   4   1   3   2   2   3   4
#> 6  1  4  1  1  1  2  4  2  2   2   2   2   2   4   2   4   4   4   4   4