ABSTRACT

The current study develops and evaluates the psychometric properties of a tool to assess resource parents’ (the collective term used to refer to kinship/foster/adoptive parents) knowledge, perceptions, attitudes, and skills to care for teens placed in their homes.

After first engaging 34 resource parents informally for feedback on initial item creation and selection, the internal consistency and reliability of the Resource Parent Self-Assessment on Caregiving for Teens (RPSAC-T) was examined across two samples of resource parents. including an initial validation (n = 170) sample, and cross-validation (n = 329) sample. This three-stage process revealed 17 characteristics and 10 competencies retained for a total of 27 constructs measured by 161 items. The RPSAC-T tool shows promise as a meaningful, potentially reliable, and valid measure.

摘要

目前的研究开发和评估了一种工具的心理测量特性，以评估资源父母（用于指代亲属关系/寄养/养父母的统称）知识、看法、态度和技能，以照顾安置在家中的青少年。

在首先非正式地让 34 名资源家长就初始项目的创建和选择进行反馈后，在两个资源家长样本中检查了资源家长关于青少年照顾的自我评估 (RPSAC-T) 的内部一致性和可靠性。包括初始验证 (n = 170) 样本和交叉验证 (n = 329) 样本。这个三个阶段的过程揭示了 17 个特征和 10 个能力，共 27 个结构，由 161 个项目测量。rpsac-t 工具显示出作为一种有意义的、潜在的可靠和有效的措施的前景。