A Parent–Child Relationship Scale Derived From the Child and Adolescent Psychiatric Assessment (CAPA) - 02/09/11
, FREDERICK S. WAMBOLDT, M.D., LESLIE GAVIN, PH.D., SANDRA MCTAGGART, M.A.ABSTRACT |
Objective |
To examine a measure of children’s perception of their relationships with parents.
Method |
The Child and Adolescent Psychiatric Assessment (CAPA) was administered to 114 inpatients (aged 9–18 years) at a tertiary asthma center from1991 to 1994. Ten items from the CAPA were developed as a separate scale, the Parent–Child Relationship Scale (PCRS). Some subjects (82) were given family and child assessments.
Results |
The PCRS had good internal reliability (Cronbach ⍺ = .72). Construct validity was demonstrated by correlations with child and parent report on the Family Assessment Device (r = 0.46 and 0.35;p < .001) and high expressed emotion of the parent (t = 2.89;p < .01). Divergent validity may be evidenced by the fact that the PCRS was not significantly related to high emotional over-involvement. Predictive validity was shown by significant correlations with the total problem scores of parents’ (r = 0.28;p < .01) and children’s (r = 0.41;p < .001) Achenbach reports, and prediction of CAPA psychiatric diagnosis (OR = 5.83; 95% CI 1.80–22.63).
Conclusion |
The PCRS can potentially be used to assess the child’s perspective of the parent–child relationship for research or clinical purposes and deserves further study.
Le texte complet de cet article est disponible en PDF.Key Words : interview, parent-child relationship, expressed emotion
Plan
| This investigation was supported by NIH grants M01-RR00051, K08-MH01486, R03-MH48683, RO1-HL45157, and RO1-HL53391. |
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