Factor Analytic Structure and Validity of the Parental Feelings Inventory: A Brief Report

Bradley, Elizabeth; Hurwitz, Sarah; Harvey, Elizabeth A.; Hodgson, Sarah; Perugini, Eve Marie

doi:10.1007/s10826-012-9634-9

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“…The PFI was designed by Bradley et al [ 17 ] to assess parental emotions within the parenting role. Initially, the authors created a checklist of 31 adjectives associated with emotions; parents were asked to rate the degree to which they experienced each one during the past week in their role as a parent on a 7-point Likert scale (from 1 = “not at all” to 7 = “extremely”).…”

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“…As Bradley et al [ 17 ] indicate, parenthood is a multi-faceted state, and hence, parents can experience different emotions while in different aspects of the parental role. Nelson et al [ 9 ] report that parents experiencing positive emotions have a stronger sense of social roles and a greater sense of meaning in life, being happier and appearing to better experience the pleasure of parenting; in contrast, parents experiencing negative emotions or financial and marital relationship difficulties tend to be unhappy.…”

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“…As noted by Bradley et al [ 17 ], the literature in this area is dominated by the measurement of psychopathological symptoms in parents. A review of existing adjective checklists allowed Bradley et al to conclude that none of them assess feelings specific to the parenting role.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…However, no tool had been developed that could directly measure parental emotions. In response, Bradley et al [ 17 ] designed the Parental Feelings Inventory (PFI) to fill this gap using available measurement methods. The PFI itself was designed following an analysis of the differences in the meanings of the terms emotions , mood , and affect in the available literature [ 21 , 22 ].…”

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Psychometric Properties of the Polish Version of the Parental Feelings Inventory

Fijałkowska

Bielawska-Batorowicz

2021

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Previous reports from international literature have emphasized the specific nature of the feelings experienced by parents related to their role, differentiating them from other emotional states. Researchers highlighted the role of parental emotions in parent–child interaction and child development. The aim of the present study was to create the Polish version of the Parental Feelings Inventory (PFI), which is a rating scale designed to determine parental emotions within the parenting role, and to assess its psychometric properties. The participants included 191 parents (102 mothers and 89 fathers) aged 22 to 55 years (M = 37.18, SD = 6.85), both parents of healthy children and those of children with chronic diseases or disabilities. All participants completed the translated PFI questionnaire, Parental Attitude Scale (SPR), SUPIN S20 and SUPIN C20. The results support a three-factor solution (Angry, Happy, and Anxious/Sad) and a structure of 22 items for the PFI. The internal consistency for the complete scale was α = 0.78 for mothers and α = 0.76 for fathers. Cronbach’s α coefficients for individual factors for the Polish version were good: all above 0.80. The Polish PFI correlated with measures of parental attitudes and positive/negative affect; in addition, the Polish version confirms the basic psychometric criteria of the original and yields the same results. Therefore, the Polish version of the PFI is a valid and reliable tool for measuring parental feelings and can be successfully used as a measure of emotional experiences in the parenting role.

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2021

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“…One of the most widely used scales for the assessment of parental stress is the Parenting Stress Index (PSI) [2, 29–35].…”

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Effects on Parental Stress of Early Home-Based CareToy Intervention in Low-Risk Preterm Infants

et al. 2019

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Parenting a preterm infant is more challenging than a full-term one. Parent involvement in early intervention programs seems to have positive psychosocial effects on both the child and parent. CareToy is an innovative smart system that provides an intensive individualized home-based family-centred EI in preterm infants between 3 and 9 age-corrected months. A RCT study, preceded by a pilot study, has been recently carried out to evaluate the effects of CareToy intervention on neurodevelopmental outcomes with respect to Standard Care. This study aims at evaluating the effects of CareToy early intervention on parenting stress in preterm infants. Parents (mother and father) of a subgroup of infants enrolled in the RCT filled out a self-report questionnaire on parenting stress (Parenting Stress Index-Short Form (PSI-SF)) before (T0) and after (T1) the CareToy or Standard Care period (4 weeks), according to the allocation of their preterm infant. For twins, an individual questionnaire for each one was filled out. Results obtained from mothers and fathers were separately analysed with nonparametric tests. 44 mothers and 44 fathers of 44 infants (24 CareToy/20 Standard Care) filled out the PSI-SF at T0 and at T1. CareToy intervention was mainly managed by mothers. A significant (p < 0.05) reduction in Parental Distress subscale in the CareToy group versus Standard Care was found in the mothers. No differences were found among the fathers. CareToy training seems to be effective in reducing parental distress in mothers, who spent more time on CareToy intervention. These findings confirm the importance of parental involvement in early intervention programs. This trial is registered with Clinical Trial.gov NCT01990183.

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Child–parent agreement on the SDQ: The role of child–parent attachment and parental feelings

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Shenaar‐Golan,

Atia

et al. 2024

J Clin Psychol

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ObjectivesChildren and their parents often provide divergent reports regarding their mental health on the Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire (SDQ). These discrepancies may impede the diagnostic processes. The present study aimed to explore how a child's attachment to the parent and parental feelings may explain some of the variability between parent's and children's reports on the SDQ.MethodsData were collected using self‐report questionnaires from 277 children and their parents (n = 421) who were referred to a public mental health clinic. This information was classified into clinical categories (normal and abnormal) and analyzed using multinomial logistic regression.ResultsThe agreement rates between children and parents on the normality of children were high in general and across gender and age. Insecure attachment to parents positively and significantly predicted the agreement of child and parent reporting abnormality and disagreement when parents reported normality and children reported abnormality. Parental anger positively and significantly predicted disagreement in reports in which parents reported abnormal anger and children reported normal anger.ConclusionsThese findings highlight the importance of assessing informant variability in association with emotional and relationship variables as clinically meaningful information for a clinical diagnosis.

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Factor Analytic Structure and Validity of the Parental Feelings Inventory: A Brief Report

Cited by 17 publications

References 15 publications

Psychometric Properties of the Polish Version of the Parental Feelings Inventory

Psychometric Properties of the Polish Version of the Parental Feelings Inventory

Effects on Parental Stress of Early Home-Based CareToy Intervention in Low-Risk Preterm Infants

Child–parent agreement on the SDQ: The role of child–parent attachment and parental feelings

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