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Although the multifaceted nature of PSI is widely recognized, there are limited reliable measures that comprehensively capture all its dimensions, particularly for children and adolescents. This study aims to develop a measure for assessing children and adolescents\u2019 perceptions of parental involvement based on parent- and teacher-validated self-report measures\u2014the Parental School Involvement Questionnaire\u2014Children\u2019s version (PSIQ-CV). A total of 537 children and adolescents (MAge = 9.64, SDAge = 2.43), mainly female (52.8%), from the south of Portugal participated in this study. An exploratory factor analysis (EFA, n = 150) and a confirmatory factor analysis (CFA, n = 387) were carried out. The EFA indicated a three-factor solution (i.e., support in learning activities, parent\u2013school communication, and supervision), supported by the CFA, with good quality-of-fit indices (\u03c72 = 225; df = 101; \u03c72\/df = 2.23; CFI = 0.91; TLI = 0.89; RMSEA = 0.060 [CI: 0.049\u20130.070]). Our data confirmed that the PSIQ-CV has robust psychometric properties, with acceptable reliability and validity. The PSIQ-CV can be considered a relevant and valid tool for measuring the perception of parental school involvement among children and adolescents, in line with Epstein\u2019s theoretical model, and useful for both researchers and practitioners.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/socsci14080475","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2025,7,30]],"date-time":"2025-07-30T14:00:41Z","timestamp":1753884041000},"page":"475","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":1,"title":["Adaptation and Validation of a Child-Reported Measure of Parental School Involvement"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"14","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0003-2463-510X","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Helena","family":"Mocho","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"University Research Center in Psychology (CUIP), University of Algarve, 8005-139 Faro, Portugal"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-1819-8516","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"C\u00e1tia","family":"Martins","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"University Research Center in Psychology (CUIP), University of Algarve, 8005-139 Faro, Portugal"}]},{"given":"Elias","family":"Ratinho","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"University Research Center in Psychology (CUIP), University of Algarve, 8005-139 Faro, Portugal"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-1009-0519","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Cristina","family":"Nunes","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"University Research Center in Psychology (CUIP), University of Algarve, 8005-139 Faro, Portugal"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2025,7,30]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"2276","DOI":"10.1177\/00420859211017978","article-title":"What Can We Learn about Research on Parental Involvement in School? 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