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JULIO 2020 N° 2 Volumen 3

Validation of a reduced version of the Parental Response Styles Questionnaire (CERP-R) in face of a child's illness

Section: Original

Authors

Blanca Egea Zerolo1, Cristina García-Vivar2,3, Juan Pedro Núñez-Partido4, Paula Visedo1, Carlos Pitillas-Salvá4

Position

  • Escuela de Enfermería y Fisioterapia San Juan de Dios. Universidad Pontificia Comillas. Madrid.
  • Departamento de Ciencias de la Salud. Universidad Pública de Navarra.
  • IdiSNA, Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria de Navarra.
  • Departamento de Psicología. Facultad de Ciencias Humanas y Sociales. Universidad Pontificia Comillas, Madrid.

    • Abstract

    ABSTRACT

    Having a child with a serious illness can be very stressful for parents, since they have to face overwhelming emotions in addition to other challenges. To offer health professionals a precise and user-friendly measure to detect different parental responses in face of the child’s illness, a brief version of the Parental Response Styles Questionnaire (CERP) was created.

    Objective: To analyze the reliability and validity of a brief version of CERP (CERP-R) in a sample of parents of children and teenagers affected by chronic disease.

    Methodology: Analysis of the psychometric characteristics of the reduced version of the CERP, which measures four factors: appathy/dysphoria, irritability/rejection, overprotection, and perception of maladjustment, were conducted. The sample was composed of 28 fathers and mothers who have a child with a chronic disease.

    Results: The analysis of the brief version of CERP (CERP-R) showed a high internal consistency index. In regard to the measure’s global score there were no significant differences between fathers and mothers of the same couple. A comparison by factors indicated that the dysphoria/apathy responses are significantly higher in mothers, while overprotective responses were significantly higher among fathers.

    Conclusion: CERP-R enables an assessment of different parental responses in faces of the child’s illness that both fathers and mothers may display. It is a reliable and valid instrument that may be used to measure different styles of parental response in order to plan interventions tailored to the needs of each family.

    Keywords:

    Families; pediatric; chronic illness; parents; coping

    Versión en Español

    Título:

    Validación de una versión reducida del Cuestionario de Estilos de Respuesta Parental (CERP-R) frente a la enfermedad de un hijo

    Artículo completo no disponible en este idioma / Full article is not available in this language

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