Department of Social Policy and Intervention, University of Oxford, Barnett House, 32 Wellington Square, Oxford, OX1 2ER, UK.
J Abnorm Child Psychol. 2012 Aug;40(6):945-55. doi: 10.1007/s10802-012-9621-z.
The current study investigated psychometric properties of the Family Affective Attitude Rating Scale (FAARS) for assessing parents' thoughts and feelings about their child, coded from a 5-min speech sample. Parental affective attitudes derive from previous experiences of parenting and child behavior, representations of the parent-child relationship and broader parental characteristics. Data were collected from mother-child dyads at ages 2 and 3 (N = 731; 49 % female) from a multi-ethnic and high-risk community sample. Multi-informant observations of parenting and questionnaire measures were used to test construct and discriminant validity. FAARS showed good internal consistency and high inter-rater agreement. Affective attitudes were related to mothers' perceptions of their daily hassles, their reports of conflict with their child, and observed measures of positive and harsh parenting. Negative affective attitudes uniquely predicted later child problem behavior, over and above maternal reports of and observed measures of parenting. Overall, results support the validity of FAARS coding in mothers of preschoolers, a previously untested group. FAARS is a novel measure, directly assessing maternal perceptions of the parent-child relationship, and indirectly providing an index of maternal affect, stress, and depressive symptoms. Its brevity and cost-effectiveness further enhance the potential use of the FAARS measure for clinical and research settings.
本研究旨在调查家庭情感态度评定量表（FAARS）的心理测量特性，该量表用于评估父母对孩子的想法和感受，通过对 5 分钟的演讲样本进行编码。父母的情感态度源于以往的育儿经历和孩子的行为、对亲子关系的描述以及更广泛的父母特征。研究数据来自一个多民族高风险社区样本中的母子二人组，他们在 2 岁和 3 岁时（女性占 49%）接受了调查。采用多信息源观察育儿情况和问卷调查来检验结构和区别效度。FAARS 表现出良好的内部一致性和较高的评分者间一致性。情感态度与母亲对日常琐事的看法、与孩子的冲突报告以及观察到的积极和严厉的育儿方式有关。消极的情感态度可以预测儿童后期的问题行为，这超过了母亲对育儿的报告和观察到的措施。总的来说，研究结果支持了 FAARS 在学龄前儿童母亲中的有效性，这是一个以前未经检验的群体。FAARS 是一种新颖的测量方法，直接评估了母亲对亲子关系的看法，间接提供了母亲情感、压力和抑郁症状的指标。其简洁性和成本效益进一步增强了 FAARS 量表在临床和研究环境中的潜在应用。
