Developing Tools to Assess Parenting Skills

项目总结/摘要 有效的父母养育是儿童健康发展的重要组成部分，父母养育技能的缺陷 被认为是儿童破坏性行为问题的致病和维持因素， 随后的行为和情感问题延伸到成年期。仍需采取育儿措施 简单、低成本、有很强的心理测量学和既定的规范、无偏见、对 变化我们最近制定了一套措施来解决这些限制。技能获取 衡量（SAM），一个衡量育儿知识和技能的获得，是一个计算机化的评估， 哪些受访者回答了常见和具有挑战性的视频片段的问题 育儿场景技能使用互联网日记（SID），一个衡量父母技能利用率的指标，是一个互联网- 以日记为基础，用来记录日常生活中各种育儿行为的使用情况。这两项措施的重点 特别是在已知与儿童破坏性行为有关的育儿领域 问题这些措施涵盖的内容包括，与年龄相适应的期望，有效的沟通， 有计划的忽视、奖励、后果、暂停、积极的行为和表扬。这个项目 将使我们能够评估这两种措施的心理测量特性，并建立规范和最佳 使用大型全国代表性样本（N = 1，000）的临床截分。该项目将导致 心理测量和规范数据，一套有前途的新的育儿措施，将有助于双方 发展研究和干预研究。目的一是检验自评量表的信度和效度 和SID使用从全国代表性样本获得的数据。目标2是建立规范和最优 使用来自全国代表性样本的数据，确定SAM和SID的临床截止评分。目标3：使用 项目反应理论（IRT）建立一个简短的（10个项目）和无偏见的版本SAM（无差异项目 这将增强SAM作为研究工具的效用， 纵向和早期干预研究。该拟议项目与R21机制一致 （开发新的技术、代理、方法、模型或应用， NICHD的使命是确保“所有儿童都有机会充分发挥其潜力， 健康和富有成效的生活。”

Project Summary/Abstract Effective parenting is a critical component of healthy child development and deficits in parenting skills have been implicated as both pathogenic and maintaining factors for childhood disruptive behavior problems and subsequent behavioral and emotional problems extending into adulthood. Parenting measures are still needed that are brief, low-cost, have strong psychometrics and established norms, are bias free, and are sensitive to change. We have recently developed a set of measures to address these limitations. The Skill Acquisition Measure (SAM), a measure of parenting knowledge and skill acquisition, is a computerized assessment during which respondents answer questions in response to video-clip vignettes of both common and challenging parenting scenarios. The Skill-use Internet Diary (SID), a measure of parenting skill utilization, is an internet- based diary used to document the use of various parenting behaviors in daily life. Both measures focus specifically on the domains of parenting that are known to be associated with childhood disruptive behavior problems. The measures cover content including, age-appropriate expectations, effective communication, planned ignoring, rewards, consequences, time-outs, attending to positive behavior, and praise. This project will allow us to evaluate the psychometric properties of these two measures and establish norms and optimal clinical cut-scores using a using a large, nationally representative sample (N = 1,000). This project will result in psychometric and normative data for a set of promising new parenting measures that will contribute to both developmental research and intervention research. Aim 1 is to examine the reliability and validity of the SAM and SID using data obtained from a nationally representative sample. Aim 2 is to establish norms and optimal clinical cut-off scores for the SAM and SID using data from a nationally representative sample. Aim 3 is to use item response theory (IRT) to establish a brief (10-item) and unbiased version of the SAM (no differential item functioning [DIF] for any of the items) of the SAM that will enhance its utility as a research tool for both longitudinal and early-intervention research. This proposed project is consistent with both the R21 mechanism (development of novel techniques, agents, methodologies, models, or applications that could have a major impact) and NICHD’s mission to ensure, “that all children have the chance to achieve their full potential for healthy and productive lives.”