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Psychometric Synthesis of the Parent‐Child Relationship Inventory
Author(s) -
Nagy Michelle,
Kleppin Alison,
Erford Bradley T.,
Anderson Billie M.,
Smith Heather L.
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
journal of counseling and development
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.805
H-Index - 78
eISSN - 1556-6676
pISSN - 0748-9633
DOI - 10.1002/jcad.12378
Subject(s) - psychology , clinical psychology , psychometrics , reliability (semiconductor) , psychometric testing , exploratory factor analysis , confirmatory factor analysis , internal consistency , structural equation modeling , statistics , power (physics) , physics , mathematics , quantum mechanics
Assessment in counseling is strengthened when research exists to demonstrate the psychometric strength of scores from a particular instrument across samples. This study presents a psychometric synthesis of data across 52 publications that met criteria and reported use of the Parent‐Child Relationship Inventory (PCRI; Gerard, 1994) across disciplines and in numerous contexts. Results revealed low score reliability, with aggregated alphas of .63 to .83 and test‐retest coefficients of .62 to .79 over a 1‐year retest period across subscales and total score. There was little evidence of score validity, including no exploratory or confirmatory factor analytic studies, or evidence of diagnostic validity. Cautions for use of the PCRI and implications for professional counselors and researchers are discussed.