Dardas L A, Ahmad M M
Community Health Nursing Department, The University of Jordan/The Faculty of Nursing, Amman, Jordan.
J Intellect Disabil Res. 2014 Jun;58(6):560-71. doi: 10.1111/jir.12053. Epub 2013 May 22.
The purpose of this study was to examine the psychometric properties and the theoretical structure of the Parenting Stress Index-short form (PSI-SF) with Jordanian parents of children with autistic disorder.
Using a cross-sectional design for data collection, the convenience sample of the study was composed of 184 Jordanian parents of children with autistic disorder. The factor structure for the PSI-SF was examined using confirmatory and exploratory factor analyses.
We found that the modified three-factor model (30 items) fits the data significantly better than the 36-item model. The results showed that the 12 items of the Parental Distress sub-scale support the original scale structure. However, items in the Parent-Child Dysfunctional Interaction and Difficult Child sub-scales did not show stability in their structure. The results in this study showed that the PSI-SF in its 30-item model has endorsed the necessary validity of the scale with parents of children with autistic disorder. The study provides information on the effects of Arab culture on the validity of PSI-SF.
It is recommended to use the new factors structure of the PSI-SF with the 30 items in the studies that intend to examine the stress among parents with children with autistic disorder in the Arab world.
本研究旨在检验自闭症谱系障碍儿童的约旦父母使用的养育压力指数简表（PSI-SF）的心理测量特性和理论结构。
采用横断面设计收集数据，本研究的便利样本由184名自闭症谱系障碍儿童的约旦父母组成。使用验证性和探索性因素分析检验PSI-SF的因素结构。
我们发现，修正后的三因素模型（30项）比36项模型对数据的拟合效果显著更好。结果表明，亲代苦恼分量表的12个项目支持原量表结构。然而，亲子功能失调互动分量表和难养子女分量表中的项目在结构上并不稳定。本研究结果表明，30项模型的PSI-SF在自闭症谱系障碍儿童的父母中具有该量表所需的效度。该研究提供了有关阿拉伯文化对PSI-SF效度影响的信息。
建议在旨在研究阿拉伯世界自闭症谱系障碍儿童父母压力的研究中使用含30个条目的PSI-SF新因素结构。
