title: Development and psychometric evaluation of an Arab version of the Family Peer Relationship Questionnaire.
abstract: Little is known about parent and peer relationships in immigrant adolescents due to a dearth of culturally sensitive measures. We adapted the Family Peer Relationship Questionnaire (FPRQ) for Arab immigrant mothers and their adolescents. Mothers and adolescents completed parallel versions of the Arab FPRQ and measures of child behavior problems, child social relations, and maternal depression. Data analyses included confirmatory factor analysis and concurrent validity. The proposed four-factor structure was replicated in both the mother and child forms. Scores from the Arab FPRQ subscales and the other measures provided evidence of concurrent and discriminant validity, suggesting that the Arab FPRQ is a viable assessment tool.
authors.affiliation: University of Central Florida, College of Nursing, P.O. Box 162210, Orlando, FL, USA.
authors.forename: Karen J
authors.initials: KJ
authors.lastname: Aroian
authors.forename: Edythe S
authors.initials: ES
authors.lastname: Hough
authors.forename: Thomas N
authors.initials: TN
authors.lastname: Templin
authors.forename: Eleni A
authors.initials: EA
authors.lastname: Kaskiri
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000294:Adolescent Behavior / Q000208:ethnology; D000328:Adult; D018912:Arabs / Q000208:ethnology*; D002653:Child Behavior Disorders / Q000208:ethnology; D003866:Depressive Disorder / Q000208:ethnology; D016002:Discriminant Analysis; D054242:Emigrants and Immigrants / Q000193:education / Q000523:psychology*; D005163:Factor Analysis, Statistical; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007398:Interpersonal Relations; D007514:Islam / Q000523:psychology; D008297:Male; D008824:Michigan; D008877:Middle East / Q000208:ethnology; D009034:Mother-Child Relations / Q000208:ethnology*; D009730:Nursing Assessment / Q000379:methods* / Q000592:standards; D015403:Nursing Evaluation Research; D010379:Peer Group; D000297:Psychology, Adolescent; D011594:Psychometrics; D012044:Regression Analysis; D012919:Social Behavior; D012944:Social Support; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires / Q000592:standards*; D014505:Urban Population