Parent–Child Relationship Scale (P‐CRS): A valid and clinically sensitive tool for assessing the parent‐child relationship

The present study measured the efficacy of the Parent–Child Relationship Scale (P‐CRS) in assessing the relationship between parents and children. The aims of the study were to explore how the scale scores change in relation to age and sex of the children, evaluate its ability to capture relational...

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Published in:Infant mental health journal 2023-01, Vol.44 (1), p.92-99
Main Authors: Quintigliano, Maria, Fortunato, Alexandro, Lauriola, Marco, Speranza, Anna Maria
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
assessment
Attachment
Beurteilung
Children & youth
Diagnose
diagnosis
diagnostic
diagnóstico
Eltern‐Kind‐Beziehung
enfants d’âge préscolaire
evaluación
Humans
infancia
infancy
Medical diagnosis
Mental disorders
niños en edad prescolar
Parent-Child Relations
Parents
parent–child relationship
preschoolers
Psychopathology
Questionnaires
relación progenitor‐niño
relation parent‐enfant
Säuglingsalter
Toute petite enfance
Vorschulkinder
évaluation
الكلمات المفتاحية: الطفولة ، التشخيص ، العلاقة بين الوالدين والطفل ، مرحلة ما قبل المدرسة ، التقييم
乳幼児期、診断、親‐子関係、就学前児童、評価
亲子关系
关键词:婴儿期
学龄前儿童
评估
诊断
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Summary:The present study measured the efficacy of the Parent–Child Relationship Scale (P‐CRS) in assessing the relationship between parents and children. The aims of the study were to explore how the scale scores change in relation to age and sex of the children, evaluate its ability to capture relational difficulties, and investigating its usefulness to assess the parent‐child relationship in the context of certain psychopathological conditions. A total of 322 clinicians rated 542 mother–child dyads (92% Italian, 8% other nationality). The clinical group was comprised of 267 children with confirmed clinical conditions. The control group was comprised of 275 children with typical development, rated by clinicians in their private offices after four to five evaluative sessions. Descriptive statistics were captured and ANOVAs and linear regression analyses were performed to investigate in both groups the efficacy of the scale in assessing the parent‐child relationship. Finally, to test P‐CRS accuracy, optimal cutoff scores for each subscale were computed using the ROC method. The findings provide evidence for the P‐CRS ability to capture relational difficulties in both groups, showing its utility as screening tool. Thus, the results support that P‐CRS can be used for exploring how different relationship patterns can occur in different clinical conditions. Resumen El presente estudió midió la efectividad de la Escala de la Relación Progenitor‐Niño (P‐CRS) para evaluar la relación entre progenitores y niños. El propósito del estudio fue explorar cómo los puntajes de la escala cambian en relación con la edad y el sexo de los niños, evalúa su habilidad de captar las dificultades en la relación, e investiga su utilidad para evaluar la relación entre progenitor y niño dentro del contexto de ciertas condiciones sicopatológicas. Trescientos veintidós clínicos evaluaron 542 díadas madre‐niño (92% italianas, 8 % otras nacionalidades). El grupo clínico estuvo compuesto de 267 niños con condiciones clínicas confirmadas. El grupo de control estuvo compuesto de 275 niños con un desarrollo típico, evaluados por los clínicos en sus oficinas privadas después de cuatro a cinco sesiones evaluativas. Se captaron estadísticas descriptivas y se llevaron a cabo análisis de variación (ANOVA) y análisis de regresión lineal, para investigar en ambos grupos la efectividad de la escala para evaluar la relación progenitor‐niño. Finalmente, para demostrar la precisión de P‐CRS, se calcularon los
ISSN:0163-9641
1097-0355
DOI:10.1002/imhj.22031