Curtin University, Perth, Australia.
J Health Psychol. 2013 Feb;18(2):282-91. doi: 10.1177/1359105312439732. Epub 2012 Apr 2.
This study developed a new measure of parent self-efficacy for promoting healthy weight behaviours in their children, the Parent Efficacy for Child Healthy Weight Behaviour Scale (PECHWB). In total 601 primary caregivers of children aged 4-17 completed an online survey consisting of the PECHWB, a measure of general parenting self-efficacy, measures of parental depression, anxiety and stress and demographic questions. Factor analysis identified four PECHWB subscales with high levels of internal consistency. The PECHWB showed significant small positive correlations with a measure of global parenting self-efficacy and small negative correlations with measures of parental negative affect. This study provides initial evidence for the reliability and validity of the PECHWB. Future research is required to establish further evidence of the psychometric properties of the PECHWB scale in independent samples before the scale can be used in evaluating intervention outcomes.
本研究开发了一种新的父母效能感衡量标准，用于促进儿童的健康体重行为，即父母促进儿童健康体重行为效能感量表（PECHWB）。共有 601 名 4-17 岁儿童的主要照顾者完成了一项在线调查，其中包括 PECHWB、一般育儿自我效能感量表、父母抑郁、焦虑和压力量表以及人口统计学问题。因素分析确定了四个具有较高内部一致性的 PECHWB 分量表。PECHWB 与全球育儿自我效能感量表呈显著正相关，与父母负性情绪量表呈显著负相关。本研究为 PECHWB 的信度和效度提供了初步证据。在独立样本中进一步验证 PECHWB 量表的心理测量特性之前，需要进一步的研究来确定该量表在评估干预效果方面的应用。
