Assessing parental family education competency: A multiaspect situational judgment test approach
Family Relations / Family Relations Interdisciplinary Journal of Applied Family Studies
Published online on April 09, 2026
Abstract
["Family Relations, EarlyView. ", "\nAbstract\n\nObjective\nBased on the cognitive‐affective‐behavioral response model (CABR model) and practical intelligence theory, we constructed a multiaspect and multidimension theoretical framework to understand parental family education competency (PFEC) and described the validation of an 18‐story situational judgment test.\n\n\nBackground\nMost PFEC assessments have focused only on parental sense of family education competency, with a lack of research based on the CABR model and practical intelligence theory under context‐activated situational judgment tests.\n\n\nMethod\nWe used three samples (N1 = 541; N2 = 407; N3 = 354) to validate the “Cognitive‐Emotional‐Behavioral” Multidimensional Family Education Situational Judgment Test (“C‐E‐B” MFESJT) as a three‐aspect and three‐dimension structure, and tested the validation and reliability of “C‐E‐B” MFESJT through confirmatory factor analysis, network analysis, correlation analysis, t tests and one‐way analyses of variance.\n\n\nResults\nThe results indicated that the factor structure of the three aspects was consistent with the assessment framework. The “C‐E‐B” MFESJT demonstrated good internal consistency (αs = .776–.865) and composite reliabilities (.70–.768), as well as good criterion validity and demographic characteristics.\n\n\nConclusions and Implications\nThe “C‐E‐B” MFESJT is a context‐activated assessment tool that can contribute to parenting research and practical application.\n\n"]