Rapee Ronald M, Edwards Susan L, Mabood Shabana, Freeman Justin Y A
Lifespan Health and Wellbeing Centre, Macquarie University, Sydney, NSW, 2109, Australia.
Child Psychiatry Hum Dev. 2024 Dec 20. doi: 10.1007/s10578-024-01801-3.
There are few psychometrically sound measures of overprotection designed for the caregiver and focusing largely on overt behaviours and actions. The Parental Overprotection Measure (POM) was developed for research with preschool aged children and has been used in a range of research projects and translated into several languages. However, its full psychometric properties have not previously been reported. The aim of the current paper was to evaluate the psychometric properties of the original, English-language version of the POM. Mothers (N = 288) of children aged between 36 and 71 months completed the POM along with measures assessing validity. A subsample (n = 86) also repeated the POM after approximately 5 weeks. Exploratory factor analysis of the present sample, did not show very clear factor structure and we therefore recommend use of the full scale at this stage. However, two, potentially interpretable factors related to restriction and comfort. Reliability for both factors and the total was strong (alphas and omegas .74 to .90) and the (sub)scales all showed good retest reliability (.72 to .75). Correlations with other measures of overprotection were moderate for the total and restriction scales but smaller for comfort and the two subscales correlated differently from each other with other aspects of parenting. The total and restriction subscale correlated moderately with child anxiety but the comfort subscale failed to relate significantly. Overall, the POM shows solid psychometric properties and could be used as a self-report measure of caregiver overprotection.
针对照顾者设计的、主要关注明显行为和行动的过度保护的心理测量学上合理的测量方法很少。父母过度保护量表（POM）是为对学龄前儿童的研究而开发的，已用于一系列研究项目并被翻译成多种语言。然而，其完整的心理测量学特性此前尚未有报道。本文的目的是评估原始英文版本POM的心理测量学特性。36至71个月大儿童的母亲（N = 288）完成了POM以及评估效度的测量。一个子样本（n = 86）在大约5周后也再次完成了POM。对当前样本进行探索性因素分析，未显示出非常清晰的因素结构，因此我们建议现阶段使用全量表。然而，有两个与限制和安慰相关的、可能可解释的因素。两个因素以及总量表的信度都很强（α系数和ω系数为0.74至0.90），并且各（子）量表均显示出良好的重测信度（0.72至0.75）。总量表和限制量表与其他过度保护测量方法的相关性为中等，但安慰量表以及两个子量表与养育子女的其他方面的相关性彼此不同。总量表和限制子量表与儿童焦虑呈中等程度相关，但安慰子量表未显示出显著相关性。总体而言，POM显示出可靠的心理测量学特性，可作为照顾者过度保护的自我报告测量方法。
