Psychometric properties of the Danish Parental Stress Scale: Rasch analysis in a sample of mothers with infants

Pontoppidan, Maiken; Nielsen, Tine; Kristensen, Ingeborg Hedegaard

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“…Families received a 200 DKK (~27 EUR) gift card at each data collection visit. The primary outcome at follow-up is the 18-item Parenting Stress Scale (55,56). The PSS measures parenting stress and satisfaction in parents of children 0-18 years old.…”

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One-year follow-up of The Incredible Years Parents and Babies Program: A pilot randomized controlled trial

Pontoppidan

Sandoy

Klest

2020

Scandinavian Journal of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Psychology

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Background: The foundation of a healthy life begins in pregnancy and early adversity can have detrimental long-term consequences for affected children. Objective: This paper examines the effects of the Incredible Years Parents and Babies program (IYPB) at one-year followup when offered as a universal parenting intervention to parents with newborn infants. Method: We conducted a pragmatic, two-arm, parallel pilot randomized controlled trial; 112 families with newborns were randomized to IYPB intervention (n = 76) or usual care (n = 36). The IYPB program is a group intervention with eight twohour sessions. Follow-up outcomes collected a year after the intervention ended include parental stress, depression, wellbeing, reflective function, sense of competence, and child cognitive and socio-emotional development. Results: There were no intervention effects on any of the primary or secondary parent-reported outcomes at one-year followup when the children were 18 months old. When examining the lowest-functioning mothers in moderator analyses, we found that mothers assigned to the IYPB group reported significantly lower scores for the interest and curiosity subscale of the parent reflective function scale than control mothers (β=-1,07 [-2.09,-0.06]). Conclusion: We found no long-term effects of the IYPB when offered as a universal intervention for a relatively wellfunctioning group of parents with infants in a setting with a high standard of usual care. The intervention was developed for more vulnerable families in settings with a low level of universal care and the program may be effective for families in those circumstances.

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One-year follow-up of The Incredible Years Parents and Babies Program: A pilot randomized controlled trial

Pontoppidan

Sandoy

Klest

2020

Scandinavian Journal of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Psychology

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“…Using exploratory methods, Oronoz and colleagues [26] for a Spanish version, Brito and Faro [27] for a Portuguese version, and Cheung [28] for a Chinese version, all propose the same division into the two dimensions as Berry and Jones [1]. In addition, Pontoppidan and colleagues [29], confirmed these two dimensions using Rasch models and a mainly confirmatory approach. Thus, of seven validity studies, five reached the same division of the PSS into two constructs, with the only variation being the number and exact items eliminated during analyses (Additional File 1: Figure 2).…”

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“…The study did, however, not report details on the nature of the bias, nor did the article relay whether (or how) PSS scores were adjusted to account for the differential item functioning. Pontoppidan et al [29] discovered DIF for two items in the parental stress subscale; DIF relative to age (item 3) and education (items 3 and 16). With the sparseness of investigations for DIF in the PSS, further research is needed on this issue (Additional file 1: Figure 1).…”

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“…Lastly, only two studies [19,29] have investigated whether PSS items were more strongly correlated that could be explained by the constructs measured (i.e. items are locally dependent), and both found this not to be the case for items 1 and 17, and one of the studies also for items 3, 4, 9, 10, 12, 16 and 18 (Additional file 1: Figure 1).…”

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“…Berry and Jones [1] originally reported that the full PSS had adequate reliability (Cronbach's alpha = .83) as well as adequate reliability over time (test-retest correlation = .81 over 6 weeks) Other studies [19,28,30,37,38] have reported corresponding reliability results for different language versions with Cronbach's alpha ranging from .73 [27] to .90 [30] for the full PSS. The studies that report reliability for the two PSS dimensions separately find varying levels of reliability for both the parental stress dimension (.64-.71 [29]; .76 [26]; and .79 [27]) and the parental satisfaction dimension (.61 [29]; .77 [26]; and .69 [27]). However, as both the language versions, the number of items included, and the samples differ, there are multiple possible causes for the differences in reliability.…”

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

Nielsen

Pontoppidan

Rayce

2020

Health Qual Life Outcomes

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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. After dichotomizing item responses and eliminating items 2 and 11, we found the PSS to consist of two distinct subscales measuring parental stress and lack of parental satisfaction. For the total sample, the Parental Stress subscale fit a very complex graphical loglinear Rasch model with differential item functioning relative to parental education and whether children had behavior problems or not. The Lack of Parental Satisfaction subscale fit a simple graphical loglinear Rasch model with differential item functioning only relative to subsample. When dividing into subsamples of parents of children with and without behavior problems, the Parental Stress subscale fit a simple graphical loglinear Rasch model, though still with differential item functioning, while the Lack of Parental Satisfaction subscale fit the Rasch model in each subsample of parents. Both subscales performed best for parents of children with behavior problems. Conclusions: The PSS should be used in a 16-item version and scored as two subscales. The PSS appears better suited for use among parents of children with behavior problems than within a sample without any known difficulties.

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Validation of parental stress scale in a Greek sample of mothers with infants from 0 to 12 months

Ekizoglou

Vousoura

Anagnostopoulos

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Infant Mental Health Journal

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Parenting an offspring is a rewarding, albeit challenging task, often accompanied by high levels of stress. It is important to accurately assess the stress associated with parenting, as severe forms of stress may affect the parent‐child dyad and lead to poor child outcomes. The aim of this study was to translate and validate the Parental Stress Scale (PSS) in the Greek population. We implemented forward and back translation and conducted a pilot test. A total of 735 mothers (Mage = 34.6) with infants aged 0–12 months completed the PSS, the Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale, and the Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale. The Greek PSS‐18 showed good internal consistency (Cronbach's α = .83) and adequate convergent validity. Results of exploratory and confirmatory factor analysis revealed two underlying factors: positive aspects of parenting and negative aspects of parenting. Our data confirm the validity of the Greek version of the PSS‐18 in mothers with infants aged 0–12 months. The Greek version of the PSS‐18 could be a useful tool for professionals and researchers who are interested in perinatal period and the aspects of parenthood.

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Psychometric properties of the Danish Parental Stress Scale: Rasch analysis in a sample of mothers with infants

Cited by 60 publications

References 41 publications

One-year follow-up of The Incredible Years Parents and Babies Program: A pilot randomized controlled trial

One-year follow-up of The Incredible Years Parents and Babies Program: A pilot randomized controlled trial

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

Validation of parental stress scale in a Greek sample of mothers with infants from 0 to 12 months

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