title: Psychometric evaluation of the parent situation inventory: a role-play measure of coping in parents of substance-using adolescents.
abstract: This article reports on the generalizability, reliability, and construct validity of the Parent Situation Inventory (PSI), a role-play measure of coping skills in parents experiencing problems from an adolescent's drug and alcohol use. Generalizability was robust (.80) and alternate form and test-retest reliability were satisfactory. PSI skillfulness was negatively related to the parent's own substance use and to the adolescent's alcohol use. The PSI shows promise as a reliable and potentially valid measure of coping in this population and has direct implications for developing and evaluating skill-based parent training programs.
authors.affiliation: Research Institute on Addictions, University at Buffalo, State University of New York, 1021 Main Street, Buffalo, NY 14203, USA. mcgillic@ria.buffalo.edu
authors.forename: Neil B
authors.initials: NB
authors.lastname: McGillicuddy
authors.forename: Robert G
authors.initials: RG
authors.lastname: Rychtarik
authors.forename: Elizabeth T
authors.initials: ET
authors.lastname: Morsheimer
mesh_terms: D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008016:Life Change Events; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010290:Parents / Q000523:psychology*; D011594:Psychometrics / Q000379:methods; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D012381:Role Playing; D019966:Substance-Related Disorders / Q000523:psychology*; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires