title: Parental expectancies and childhood anxiety disorders: psychometric properties of the Parental Expectancies Scale.
abstract: The current study examined the psychometric properties of the Parental Expectancies Scale (PES) in childhood anxiety disorder and normative samples. The PES is a 20-item self-report instrument that assesses five dimensions of parental expectancies in academic, extra-curricular, household, social, and general success areas. Results indicated that the PES has high test-retest reliability and internal consistency. Regarding validity, PES subscale scores discriminated clinical and normative groups. Principal component and confirmatory factor analyses supported the construct validity of the scale. The PES appears to be a reliable and valid instrument for quantifying parental expectancies. Implications as to case formulation and prescriptive treatment planning with anxious youth are discussed.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychology, Child Anxiety Disorders Clinic, Fairleigh Dickinson University, Teaneck, NJ 07666, USA. eisen@fdu.edu
authors.forename: Andrew R
authors.initials: AR
authors.lastname: Eisen
authors.forename: Sheila A
authors.initials: SA
authors.lastname: Spasaro
authors.forename: Lisa K
authors.initials: LK
authors.lastname: Brien
authors.forename: Christopher A
authors.initials: CA
authors.lastname: Kearney
authors.forename: Anne Marie
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Albano
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D001007:Anxiety / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000523:psychology*; D001294:Attitude to Health; D002648:Child; D039721:Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D015588:Observer Variation; D010287:Parent-Child Relations; D016487:Parenting; D011594:Psychometrics / Q000379:methods; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires