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Psychometric properties of an adapted version of the parental sense of competence ( PSOC ) scale for P ortuguese at‐risk parents
Author(s) -
Nunes Cristina,
Jiménez Lucía,
Menéndez Susana,
AyalaNunes Lara,
Hidalgo Victoria
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
child and family social work
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.912
H-Index - 57
eISSN - 1365-2206
pISSN - 1356-7500
DOI - 10.1111/cfs.12159
Subject(s) - psychological intervention , psychology , psychosocial , cronbach's alpha , clinical psychology , construct validity , competence (human resources) , developmental psychology , psoc , psychometrics , social psychology , psychiatry , computer science , system on a chip , operating system
Parental sense of competence is one of the central dimensions targeted on psychosocial interventions aimed at supporting at‐risk families. Researchers and practitioners need reliable instruments to assess the parental role adapted for these families. Although the parental sense of competence ( PSOC ) scale has been frequently used to assess this construct, there is still no adapted version for P ortuguese parents. In this study, the reliability, validity and factor structure of the PSOC scale is examined with a clinical sample of 146 mothers from at‐risk families receiving psychosocial interventions for family preservation from C hild P rotective S ervices. Results show that the P ortuguese version of the PSOC measures three distinct constructs with acceptable psychometric properties: efficacy, dissatisfaction and controllability. As expected, the obtained factors were significantly and positively related to parenting alliance and family cohesion, and negatively associated with parenting stress. In sum, the proposed P ortuguese version shows reliability and validity evidences to measure three relevant dimensions of parental self‐evaluation, and it constitutes a cost‐ and time‐effective instrument suited for at‐risk mothers.