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Parental Engagement of Families from Latino Backgrounds / Participación Educativa de Familias Latinas (PEFL)

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Description

A 65-item Spanish- or English-language parent-report assessment developed by McWayne et al. to measure culturally contextualized home- and school-based engagement among low-income Latino families of Head Start preschool children.

Components

  • PEFL parent-report measure of Latino family engagement with four dimensions: The Parental Engagement of Families from Latino Backgrounds / Participación Educativa de Familias Latinas is a 65-item parent-report measure developed from qualitative focus-group data with low-income Latino Head Start families. "The first three factors described below represent home-based engagement and are believed to reflect cultural values and socio-economic realities of low-income, Latino families living in the United States": Foundational Education (20 items, α = 0.73), Supplemental Education (12 items, α = 0.77), and Future-oriented Teaching (3 items, α = 0.63), plus School Participation (8 items, α = 0.77). Items are rated on a four-point Likert-type scale from Never to Frequently. (McWayne et al. (2016))

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Key Sources

  • McWayne, C. M., Melzi, G., Limlingan, M. C., & Schick, A. (2016). Ecocultural Patterns of Family Engagement among Low-income Latino Families of Preschool Children. Developmental Psychology. https://doi.org/10.1037/a0040343
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title Parental Engagement of Families from Latino Backgrounds / Participación Educativa de Familias Latinas (PEFL)
description A 65-item Spanish- or English-language parent-report assessment developed by McWayne et al.
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