Hogan Christina M, Beckmann Emily, Maron Micaela, Sutton Kelsey, Highlander April, Pielech Melissa, Wolff Jennifer C, Davis Thamara, Parent Justin
University of Massachusetts Amherst, Amherst, MA USA.
Warren Alpert Medical School at Brown University, Providence, RI USA.
J Child Fam Stud. 2025;34(8):2209-2219. doi: 10.1007/s10826-025-03131-x. Epub 2025 Aug 12.
The Multidimensional Assessment of Parenting Scale (MAPS) was developed to assess a wide range of behaviors across positive and negative domains of parenting. This study aims to expand the utility of the MAPS by evaluating a youth-report version which provides an additional perspective on parenting practices. The study evaluated the youth-report form of the MAPS (MAPS-Y) in a large clinical population ( = 628) ranging from middle childhood (8-12) to adolescence (13-17) who were admitted to partial and inpatient psychiatric units. Youth and their caregivers completed the parent and youth versions of the MAPS questionnaire, and measures of child and adolescent psychopathology, emotion regulation, family context, and adversity. Analyses of factor structure, reliability, agreement, and validity were performed. The study also examined a short form of the MAPS-Y for reliability and validity. CFA and model fit indices indicated that all items loaded as expected onto subscales and with good fit. Analyses support strong reliability. The factor structure of the youth-report form was invariant across developmental stages, included both positive and negative domains, and demonstrated strong psychometric properties. The MAPS-Y short form demonstrated strong validity and reliability. The youth-report form of the MAPS and its short form are appropriate for use among children and adolescents experiencing acute clinical symptoms. The MAPS youth-report form will allow for nuanced, in-depth assessment of the parenting behaviors beyond parent-report that are critical to treatment outcomes in youth.
多维育儿量表（MAPS）旨在评估育儿积极和消极领域的广泛行为。本研究旨在通过评估青少年报告版本来扩展MAPS的效用，该版本能提供关于育儿实践的另一种视角。该研究在一个大型临床样本（n = 628）中评估了MAPS的青少年报告形式（MAPS-Y），样本涵盖了从童年中期（8 - 12岁）到青少年期（13 - 17岁）被收治到部分住院和住院精神科病房的患者。青少年及其照顾者完成了MAPS问卷的家长版和青少年版，以及儿童和青少年心理病理学、情绪调节、家庭环境和逆境的测量。进行了因子结构、信度、一致性和效度分析。该研究还检验了MAPS-Y的简版的信度和效度。验证性因素分析（CFA）和模型拟合指数表明，所有项目都如预期那样加载到分量表上，且拟合良好。分析支持了较高的信度。青少年报告形式的因子结构在不同发育阶段是不变的，包括积极和消极领域，并显示出很强的心理测量特性。MAPS-Y简版显示出很强的效度和信度。MAPS的青少年报告形式及其简版适用于有急性临床症状的儿童和青少年。MAPS青少年报告形式将允许对育儿行为进行细致、深入的评估，这超出了家长报告的范围，对青少年的治疗结果至关重要。
