The Family Strain Index (FSI). Reliability, validity, and factor structure of a brief questionnaire for families of children with ADHD

Riley, Anne W.; Lyman, Lisa M.; Spiel, Georg; Döpfner, Manfred; Lorenzo, Maria J.; Ralston, S

doi:10.1007/s00787-006-1010-0

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“…In the ADORE study, 73% of parents reported that their child/ adolescent with ADHD caused conflict or tension within the family at least sometimes, and 73% also reported limited time to relax or participate in social activities (Riley et al, 2006b). Our findings are generally in line with these data.…”

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The Caregiver Perspective on Paediatric ADHD (CAPPA) survey: Understanding sociodemographic and clinical characteristics, treatment use and impact of ADHD in Europe

Flood

Gajria

Sikirica

et al. 2016

Journal of Affective Disorders

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The Caregiver Perspective on Paediatric ADHD (CAPPA) survey: Understanding sociodemographic and clinical characteristics, treatment use and impact of ADHD in Europe

Flood

Gajria

Sikirica

et al. 2016

Journal of Affective Disorders

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“…Numerous studies (e.g., Anastopoulos et al 1992;Breen and Barkley 1988;Harrison and Sofronoff 2002;Mash and Johnston 1983;Podolski and Nigg 2001;Riley et al 2006;van der Oord et al 2006), have reported elevated and clinical rates of parenting stress as a function of child ADHD symptoms. These studies have identified child-level predictors of increased parenting stress in families of children with ADHD, including internalizing (Beck et al 1990; Breen and Barkley 1988;Mash and Johnston 1983) and externalizing behaviours (e.g., Anastopoulos et al 1992;Podolski and Nigg 2001;van der Oord et al 2006).…”

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Predicting Parenting Stress in Families of Children with ADHD: Parent and Contextual Factors

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We examined parental ADHD symptoms and contextual (parental education, social support, marital status) predictors of parent domain parenting stress (parental distress) as a function of child ADHD symptoms in a sample of 95 parents of 8 to 12 year-old children with and without ADHD. Parents' perceptions of parental distress and social support were inversely-related. Parental ADHD symptomatology was the strongest predictor of parental distress of the variables considered. Models using teacher reports of child ADHD symptomatology and oppositionality differed from ones using parent reports, in that child oppositionality was only predictive of parental distress in the parent-report model. A post-hoc analysis showed that child factors did not predict parental distress over and above parent ADHD symptoms and contextual factors. These results suggest that parental ADHD symptomatology and parenting stress reduction should be considered in development of interventions for families of children with ADHD.

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“…The questionnaire was completed by parents from a total of 1,478 families in 10 European countries. All three of these studies were mainly intended to contribute to the development of satisfactory investigational methods (Riley et al 2006c).…”

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The quality of life of children and adolescents with ADHD undergoing outpatient psychiatric treatment: simple disorders of activity and attention and hyperkinetic conduct disorders in comparison with each other and with other diagnostic groups

Remschmidt

Mattejat

2010

ADHD Atten Def Hyp Disord

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(1) How does the quality of life of patients with ADHD treated in an ambulatory care setting compare to that of other patient groups in child and adolescent psychiatry? (2) Can differences in the quality of life be demonstrated between patients with simple disorders of activity and attention and those with hyperkinetic conduct disorders? (3) How does the quality of life in these patient groups change over one year of treatment? The Inventory for the Assessment of Life Quality in Children and Adolescents (Inventar zur Untersuchung der Lebensqualität von Kindern und Jugendlichen, ILK) was applied to a sample of 726 patients derived from nine different outpatient practices for child and adolescent psychiatry. Among them were 196 patients with a simple disorder of activity and attention and 64 with a hyperkinetic conduct disorder. A comparison between these two groups was the main aim of the study. The mean age of the patients in the sample (all diagnoses) was 8.7 ± 3 years. The two groups of hyperkinetic patients made up 35% of the overall sample, and both of them showed a marked male predominance. The hyperkinetic patients tended to have lower quality-of-life scores than patients in the other diagnostic groups. Longitudinal observation revealed improvements in the quality of life across all patient groups, but the patients with hyperkinetic disorders (both groups) improved the least. The parents of the hyperkinetic patients, too, reported suffering greater stress because of their children's condition than the parents of children with other types of disorders. The ILK instrument has test-metrical qualities that render it usable and capable of holding its own among other, comparable instruments. It can be used to assess the quality of life of children with various diagnoses. Children with ADHD tend to have the least favorable quality-of-life scores, yet they do show some degree of improvement in their quality of life after a year of treatment.

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The Family Strain Index (FSI). Reliability, validity, and factor structure of a brief questionnaire for families of children with ADHD

Abstract: The ease of completion and coherence of the underlying construct indicates that the FSI may be a practical clinical tool for monitoring changes in family strain associated with children's ADHD treatment.

Cited by 46 publications

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The Caregiver Perspective on Paediatric ADHD (CAPPA) survey: Understanding sociodemographic and clinical characteristics, treatment use and impact of ADHD in Europe

The Caregiver Perspective on Paediatric ADHD (CAPPA) survey: Understanding sociodemographic and clinical characteristics, treatment use and impact of ADHD in Europe

Predicting Parenting Stress in Families of Children with ADHD: Parent and Contextual Factors

The quality of life of children and adolescents with ADHD undergoing outpatient psychiatric treatment: simple disorders of activity and attention and hyperkinetic conduct disorders in comparison with each other and with other diagnostic groups

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