Parental Stress Scale: Psychometric Properties in Parents of Preschool Children with Developmental Language Disorder.

ABSTRACT: Parents of children with developmental disabilities experience more stress compared to those of typically developing children; therefore, measuring parental stress may help clinicians to address it. The Parental Stress Scale (PSS) is a self-rceport measure in the public domain that assesses stress related to child rearing. The present study tested the psychometric properties of the Greek version of the PSS in 204 parents (mean age: 39.4 ± 5.7, 124 mothers and 80 fathers) of kindergarten children diagnosed with Developmental Language Disorder (DLD) after a clinical assessment. Confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) was used to confirm the original four-factor structure. The results showed that the original four-factor structure (parental rewards, parental stressors, lack of control and parental

SUBMITTER: Kotsis K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10178680 | biostudies-literature | 2023 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature