A parent-child relationship scale derived from the child and adolescent psychiatric assessment (CAPA). Wamboldt, M. Z., Wamboldt, F. S., Gavin, L., & McTaggart, A. S. Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry, 40(8):945–53, USA, 2001.
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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 from 1991 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 alpha = .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.
@article{Wamboldt2001A,
  author = {Wamboldt, M. Z. and Wamboldt, F. S. and Gavin, L. and McTaggart, A. S.},
  title = {A parent-child relationship scale derived from the child and adolescent psychiatric assessment (CAPA)},
  journal = {Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry},
  address = {USA},
  year = {2001},
  volume = {40},
  number = {8},
  pages = {945--53},
  isbn = {0890-8567 (Print) 0890-8567 (Linking)},
  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 from 1991 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 alpha = .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.},
  keywords = {Adolescent; Adolescent Psychiatry; Child; Child Psychiatry; Expressed Emotion; Female; Humans; Male; Parent-Child Relations; Predictive Value of Tests; Psychiatric Status Rating Scales/ standards; Psychometrics; Reproducibility of Results; Research Design; Quantitative Research; Evaluation},
  language = {English}
}

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