Explorative Factor Analysis of K.S. Mishra’s Home Environment Inventory

The home environment inventory of K.S. Mishra as a tool of measuring psychological interaction between parents and children has 10 variables, i.e. control, protectiveness, punishment, conformity, social isolation, reward, deprivation of privileges, nurturance, rejection and permissiveness by 100 items. In the present study attempt is made to find out latent variables or factors by factor analysis technique by collecting data from 638 higher secondary scheduled caste students. It is found that there are three factors>1 eigen value in the inventory which contributes 63% variance. The factors are named as positive interactive factor, negative interactive factor and disciplinary factor. Nurturance, protectiveness and reward variables are loaded in positive factor; deprivation of privileges, punishment, rejection and social isolation are in negative factor and Conformity, control and permissiveness in disciplinary factor.