Objective: To revise the parenting style questionnaire to make its factors comprehensive, fewer
questions, more suitable for research on parenting style. Methods: A random sampling method was used
to select undergraduates from Kunming University of Science and Technology and Southwest Forestry
University as research objects. 500 questionnaires on parenting style and 500 questionnaires on selfrating
depression scale were sent out, and 462 questionnaires were collected with a recovery rate of 92.4%for each questionnaire. Among them, there were 410 valid questionnaires, and the recovery rate of valid
questionnaires was 89%. Considering that the large number of questions may adversely affect the data
quality, on the basis of ensuring the reliability and validity of EMBU questionnaire, EMBU is revised
to simplify the items, and only the items with large contributions from each dimension are selected for
investigation. Results: Confirmatory factor analysis found that the fitting indexes CFI, NFI and IFI of the
simplified EMBU questionnaire were all up to the standard, and the model was well adapted and valid.
With depression as the criterion, it was found that the scores of five dimensions of EMBU questionnaire
were positively correlated with the standard score of depression (r= 0.12-0.34, p<0.01), and negatively
correlated with the standard score of depression (r=-0.39, p<0.01). p< 0.01);The scores of the four
dimensions of the simplified EMBU questionnaire were positively correlated with the standard score of
depression (r= 0.19-0.33, p<0.01), while the scores of the father’s emotional warmth and understanding
were negatively correlated with the standard score of depression (r=-0.38, p<0.01).The scores of the three
dimensions of EMBU questionnaire were positively correlated with the standard score of depression (R =
0.30-0.39, p<0.01), and the scores of mother’s preference was positively correlated with the standard score
of depression (R =0.09, p<0.05).There was a negative correlation between mother’s emotional warmth
understanding and depression standard score (r=-0.43, p<0.01).After simplification, the scores of the
three dimensions of mother’s EMBU questionnaire were positively correlated with the standard score of
depression (R = 0.15-0.35, p<0.01), while the scores of mother’s emotional warmth and understanding
were negatively correlated with the standard score of depression (r=-0.45, p<0.01).The Cronbach’s Alpha
of some dimensions of the two versions of questionnaires was not higher than 0.7, indicating good
reliability. Conclusion: The revised EMBU questionnaire has wide applicability, good reliability and
validity, and provides an effective measurement tool for future research.