Objective: To examine the reliability and validity of the short-form egna minnenav barndoms
uppfostran for the Mongolian language user(s-EMBU-m) in a population of university students.
METHODS: A group test was administered to 400 college students using a whole group sampling method.
RESULTS: The three-factor structure of s-EMBU-m for the Mongolian language user fit well (father sub
questionnaire: χ2
/df=1.285, RMSEA=0.038, SRMR=0.047, CFI=0.973, TLI=0.969, IFI=0.973; mother sub
questionnaire: χ2
/df=1.646, RMSEA= 0.057, SRMR= 0.072, CFI= 0.946, TLI= 0.939, IFI= 0.946); good
aggregate and discriminant validity (factor loadings for each dimension of the father score questionnaire
ranged from 0.61 to 0.85, combined reliability from 0.867 to 0.899, and mean variance extraction from
0.450 to 0.577). between. The factor loadings for each dimension of the mother’s questionnaire ranged
from 0.62 to 0.86, the combined reliabilities ranged from 0.867 to 0.909, and the mean variance extraction
ranged from 0.521 to 0.568; the Cronbach’s α coefficient was 0.784 for the father’s questionnaire and 0.785
for the mother’s questionnaire. The retest reliability was 0.788 and the retest reliability of the mother subquestionnaire was 0.807.CONCLUSION: s-EMBU-m has good reliability and validity for measuring the
parenting style of college students who are Mongolian language user.