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Psychometric Properties of a Measure Assessing Anxiogenic Parenting Practices in Food Allergy.

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      Publisher: Oxford University Press Country of Publication: United States NLM ID: 7801773 Publication Model: Print Cited Medium: Internet ISSN: 1465-735X (Electronic) Linking ISSN: 01468693 NLM ISO Abbreviation: J Pediatr Psychol Subsets: MEDLINE
    • Publication Information:
      Publication: 1998- : Cary, NC : Oxford University Press
      Original Publication: Washington, Society of Pediatric Psychology.
    • Subject Terms:
      Anxiety*/diagnosis ; Food Hypersensitivity*/diagnosis ; Food Hypersensitivity*/psychology ; Parenting*/psychology; Child ; Factor Analysis, Statistical ; Humans ; Psychometrics ; Reproducibility of Results ; Surveys and Questionnaires
    • Abstract:
      Aim: Pediatric food allergy represents a significant public health burden. In order to avoid allergen consumption, adequate management requires daily vigilance and involvement from parents, frequently leading to increased parental anxiety. While specific anxiogenic parenting practices (i.e., parenting behaviors which may aid in the development and/or exacerbation of childhood anxiety) have been documented within this population, to this point, these behaviors have not been systematically measured.
      Objectives: The current study aimed to develop and examine a parent-report scale designed to measure anxiogenic parenting behaviors related to food allergy.
      Methods: Participants included 177 parents of children with food allergy recruited online using Amazon Mechanical Turk (mTurk). An exploratory factor analysis was conducted to determine the factor structure of the newly developed scale. Subsequently, psychometric properties (e.g., construct validity) were examined via correlational analyses.
      Results: Results indicated a 24-item, 3 factor (Factor 1: Involvement in Food Allergy; Factor 2: Worry about Food Allergy; Factor 3: Autonomy Promotion) scale, which accounted for 53.11% of the total variance. The Kaiser-Meyer-Olkin measure was acceptable, KMO = 0.872 and Bartlett's test of sphericity indicated sufficient correlations between items (χ2(378)=2568.95). All subscales demonstrated strong internal consistency (Involvement in Food Allergy: α = .880; Worry about Food Allergy: α = .892; Autonomy Promotion α = .796) as well as convergent and discriminant validity.
      Conclusions: Results support the overall psychometric properties of the scale. Interpretations, limitations, and future directions are discussed.
      (© The Author(s) 2022. Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the Society of Pediatric Psychology. All rights reserved. For permissions, please e-mail: journals.permissions@oup.com.)
    • Contributed Indexing:
      Keywords: anxiety; measure validation; parent psychosocial functioning; parenting
    • Publication Date:
      Date Created: 20220329 Date Completed: 20220721 Latest Revision: 20220921
    • Publication Date:
      20231215
    • Accession Number:
      10.1093/jpepsy/jsac016
    • Accession Number:
      35348738