1. Development of the pediatric accommodation scale: Reliability and validity of clinician- and parent-report measures.
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Benito, Kristen G., Caporino, Nicole E., Frank, Hannah E., Ramanujam, Krishnapriya, Garcia, Abbe, Freeman, Jennifer, Kendall, Philip C., Geffken, Gary, and Storch, Eric A.
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ANXIETY disorders , *DISEASES in youths , *PSYCHOMETRICS , *SYMPTOMS , *SELF-evaluation , *CAREGIVERS - Abstract
The present study developed parallel clinician- and parent-rated measures of family accommodation (Pediatric Accommodation Scale, PAS; Pediatric Accommodation Scale-Parent Report; PAS-PR) for youth with a primary anxiety disorder. Both measures assess frequency and impact of family accommodation on youth and families. Studying youth ages 5–17 ( N = 105 caregiver-youth dyads), results provide evidence for the psychometric properties of the PAS, including internal consistency, inter-rater reliability, and convergent and discriminant validity. The PAS-PR exhibited good internal consistency and convergent validity with the PAS. Nearly all parents (>95%) endorsed some accommodation and accommodation frequency was associated with parent-rated impairment (home and school), and with youth-rated impairment (school only). Greater impact of accommodation on parents was associated with parent self-reported depressive symptoms. Findings support the common occurrence of family accommodation in youth with anxiety disorders, as well as for the use of the PAS and PAS-PR to measure family accommodation in this population. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2015
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