The current research also sought to determine the reliability and validity of Parental Involvement Scale in the Indian population of parents with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) children. The study adopted a quantitative psychometric research design, which relied on the data gathered on 60 parents of children affected with ASD who are clinically diagnosed. Cronbach's alpha, item to total correlation and split half reliability were considered as measure of reliability, whereas EFA (Principal Component Analysis and Varimax rotation) were used to measure construct validity. The scale was found to possess a high level of reliability with a general Cronbach's alpha coefficient of 0.88 and a satisfactory split half reliability coefficient (Spearman Brown =0.85). There were moderate to high and high correlations between items and total showing high internal consistency. EFA helped EFA to support the scale as it showed an unchanging three-factor model that explained a large percentage of variance with all communalities being above acceptable levels. The derived dimensions were important aspects of parental involvement such as direct involvement and advocacy, environmental enrichment and service coordination, and home-based support. On the whole, the results prove that Parental Involvement Scale is the tool that is reliable and valid to measure parental involvement among parents of children with ASD of Indian descent, and may be used in research and clinical practices.
Keywords: Parental Involvement, Autism Spectrum Disorder, Reliability, Validity, Exploratory Factor Analysis, Indian Population
How to cite this article: Bhatt P, Akshita, Choudhary A, Validation and Reliability of the Parental Involvement Scale Among Parents of Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder in the Indian Population. Int J Drug Deliv Technol. 2026;16(4s): 620-629; DOI: 10.25258/ijddt.16.4s.74
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