The Parental Stress Scale revisited: Rasch-based construct validity for Danish parents of children 2-18 years old with and without behavioral problems.

ABSTRACT: BACKGROUND:Experiencing parental stress is common among parents of children of all ages and is elevated in families characterized by stressors such as poverty, mental health problems, and developmental problems. The Parental Stress Scale (PSS) is a short measure for the assessment of perceived stress resulting from being a parent. METHODS:This study examines the construct validity and psychometric properties of the Danish PSS using Rasch and graphical loglinear Rasch models in a sample of parents of 2-18-year-old children with and without known behavior problems. We emphasized analyses of differential item functioning, to ascertain whether the scale yields unbiased scores for subgroups of parents. RESULTS:The 18-item PSS did not fit the Rasch model or a graphical loglinear Rasch model. Aft

SUBMITTER: Nielsen T 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7430114 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature