title: Parent and adolescent versions of the diabetes-specific parental support for adolescents' autonomy scale: development and initial testing.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To develop and initially test the psychometric properties of parent and adolescent versions of the Diabetes-Specific Parental Support for Adolescents' Autonomy Scale.
  
  
  METHODS
  Data-based scale items were developed, analyzed for content validity, and then piloted with 43 adolescents with type 1 diabetes and their parents. Psychometric properties of the scales were then determined with 100 adolescents with type 1 diabetes and their parents.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Content validity indices of .80 or greater were obtained for 26 items. Item analysis in the pilot and large-sample groups resulted in 22 items being deleted. Principal Components Analysis of the remaining four items indicated one factor in both parent and adolescent versions, accounting for 50-62% of variance and with Cronbach alpha coefficients of .67-.80.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  This newly developed parsimonious scale, initially tested to be reliable, and valid, will facilitate research on parental support for adolescents' development of diabetes management autonomy.
authors.affiliation: Family Health Department, Indiana University School of Nursing, Indianapolis, Indiana 46202, USA. kathanna@iupui.edu
authors.forename: Kathleen M
authors.initials: KM
authors.lastname: Hanna
authors.forename: Linda A
authors.initials: LA
authors.lastname: Dimeglio
authors.forename: J Dennis
authors.initials: JD
authors.lastname: Fortenberry
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D003922:Diabetes Mellitus, Type 1 / Q000523:psychology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010287:Parent-Child Relations; D010290:Parents; D026684:Personal Autonomy; D010865:Pilot Projects; D011594:Psychometrics; D012944:Social Support