title: Developing a measure of appraisal: a psychometric analysis of the parental appraisal of cleft questionnaire.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To develop a questionnaire measure of appraisals for parents of children with a cleft (the Parental Appraisal of Cleft Questionnaire) and to investigate the ability of the Parental Appraisal of Cleft Questionnaire to predict variance in parental well-being. Design, Participants, Setting: The study used a cross-sectional postal and online questionnaire design with a retest component involving parents of children with a cleft lip and/or palate. Data are presented for 179 parents, predominantly women (74.9%), aged 22 to 58 years.
  
  
  METHODS
  Participants completed the appraisal measure under development; other measures of psychological well-being, social support, and socially desirable responding; and demographic information.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Overall, the Parental Appraisal of Cleft Questionnaire was found to have a coherent factor structure, good internal reliability, and good test-retest reliability. The Parental Appraisal of Cleft Questionnaire was also found to predict a significant amount of unique variance in well-being over and above the variance predicted by demographic, social support, and social desirability variables.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Parental appraisals, measured by the Parental Appraisal of Cleft Questionnaire, were found to predict unique variance in well-being. These findings are discussed in relation to adjustment to cleft lip and/or palate for parents. Directions for future research are outlined and the implications for clinical practice and services are discussed.
authors: Emma
authors: E
authors: Shuttlewood
authors: Louise
authors: L
authors: Dalton
authors: Myra
authors: M
authors: Cooper
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002971:Cleft Lip / Q000523:psychology*; D002972:Cleft Palate / Q000523:psychology*; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010290:Parents / Q000523:psychology*; D011594:Psychometrics; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires