A Critical Evaluation of the Parenting Stress Index-Short Form (PSI-SF) in a Head Start Population

Reitman, David; Currier, Rebecca O.; Stickle, Timothy R.

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“…The short form of the PSI is comprised of 36 items, which are rated by the parent on a 5-point Likert scale (i.e., 1 = “strongly disagree” and 5 = “strongly agree”), with higher scores indicating greater degrees of distress [47, 48]. The short form of the PSI consists of three subscales: parenting stress, difficult child, and parent-child dysfunctional interaction.…”

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Stressful Life Events and Child Anxiety: Examining Parent and Child Mediators

Platt

Williams

Ginsburg

2015

Child Psychiatry Hum Dev

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While a number of factors have been linked with excessive anxiety (e.g., parenting, child temperament), the impact of stressful life events remains under-studied. Moreover, much of this literature has examined bivariate associations rather than testing more complex theoretical models. The current study extends the literature on life events and child anxiety by testing a theory-driven meditational model. Specifically, one child factor (child cognitions/locus of control), two parent factors (parent psychopathology and parenting stress), and two parent-child relationship factors (parent-child dysfunctional interaction and parenting style) were examined as mediators in the relationship between stressful life events and severity of child anxiety. One hundred and thirty anxious parents and their nonanxious, high-risk children (ages ranged from 7 to 13 years) participated in this study. Results indicated that levels of parenting stress, parental anxious rearing, and dysfunctional parent-child interaction mediated the association between stressful life events and severity of anxiety symptoms. Child cognition and parent psychopathology factors failed to emerge as mediators. Findings provide support for more complex theoretical models linking life events and child anxiety and suggest potential targets of intervention.

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Stressful Life Events and Child Anxiety: Examining Parent and Child Mediators

Platt

Williams

Ginsburg

2015

Child Psychiatry Hum Dev

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“…Designed for this project, the DDF obtained background information related to age, socioeconomic factors (education, homelessness status, income level, disability status); family environment (relationship status, history of past year IPV, child gender/age); and medical/psychiatric problems and treatment, all of which have been shown to be associated with parenting stress and were used as covariates in all analyses (McConnell, Brietkreuz, & Savage, 2011; Mitchell et al, 2006; Reitman, Currier, & Stickle, 2002; Taylor, Washington, Artinian, & Lichtenberg, 2007). …”

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Neighborhood disorder, spiritual well-being, and parenting stress in African American women.

Lamis¹,

Wilson²,

Tarantino³

et al. 2014

Journal of Family Psychology

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Using a culturally-informed risk-protective framework, the purpose of this study was to examine spiritual well-being (existential, religious) as a moderator (protective factor) in the relation between neighborhood disorder (risk factor) and parenting stress in among a high risk sample of low-socioeconomic status (SES), African American women (N = 144). These women, who were primary caregivers of children aged between 8 and 12 reported on disorder in their existential and religious well-being, neighborhoods, and three types of parenting stress. Women who perceived more disorder in their neighborhood had more parenting stress, and women who reported more existential and religious well-being had less parenting stress. Existential (characterized by a sense of purpose in life), but not religious (characterized by a sense of life in relationship with God) well-being, moderated the relation between neighborhood disorder and all types of parenting stress such that women with medium or high levels of existential well-being had low levels of parenting stress at low levels of neighborhood disorder, but higher levels of parenting stress at higher levels of neighborhood disorder. No moderation effects were found at low levels of existential well-being. Results are framed in a context that emphasizes their relevance to incorporating family interventions that bolster culturally relevant resilience factors, such as spirituality, pertinent to low-SES African American families.

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“…It has well established validity and reliability18 19 and has been used with mothers of premature infants 6 20. The 36-item short form of the PSI (PSI-SF) correlates highly with the full-length PSI (r = 0.94) and psychometric evidence supports the internal consistency of its component items 21. Importantly the PSI-SF has been used successfully with lower socioeconomic groups21 and with mothers of 3-month-old infants 10…”

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Randomised trial of a parenting intervention during neonatal intensive care

Glazebrook

Marlow

Israel

et al. 2007

Archives of Disease in Childhood - Fetal and Neonatal Edition

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Objective: To evaluate the influence of parenting intervention on maternal responsiveness and infant neurobehavioural development following a very premature birth. Design: Cluster-randomised controlled trial, with a crossover design and three-month washout period. Setting: Six neonatal intensive care units. Patients: Infants born ,32 weeks' gestation. Intervention: The Parent Baby Interaction Programme (PBIP) is a supportive, educational intervention delivered by research nurses in the neonatal intensive care unit, with optional home follow-up for up to six weeks after discharge. Main outcome measures: Parenting stress at 3 months adjusted age, as measured by the Parenting Stress Index (PSI). Other outcomes included the Neurobehavioural Assessment of the Preterm Infant (NAPI) and maternal interaction as assessed by the Nursing Child Assessment Teaching Scale (NCATS) and the responsivity subscale for Home Observation for Measurement of the Environment (HOME). Results: 112 infants were recruited in the intervention phases and 121 in the control phases. Mean standardised NAPI scores at 35 weeks did not differ between the PBIP and control groups. Both groups had low but similar NCATS caregiver scores before discharge (36.6 in the PBIP group and 37.4 in control, adjusted mean difference 20.7, 95% CI 22.7 to 1.4). At three months, adjusted age mean PSI scores for the PBIP group were 71.9 compared with 67.1 for controls (adjusted mean difference 3.8, 95% CI 24.7 to 12.4). NCATS scores and HOME responsivity scores were similarly distributed between the groups. Conclusion: This early, nurse-delivered, parent-focused interaction programme intervention had no measurable effects on short-term infant neurobehavioural function, mother-child interaction or parenting stresses.

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A Critical Evaluation of the Parenting Stress Index-Short Form (PSI-SF) in a Head Start Population

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Stressful Life Events and Child Anxiety: Examining Parent and Child Mediators

Stressful Life Events and Child Anxiety: Examining Parent and Child Mediators

Neighborhood disorder, spiritual well-being, and parenting stress in African American women.

Randomised trial of a parenting intervention during neonatal intensive care

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