title: The reliability and validity of the revised Diabetes Family Conflict Scale questionnaire, in a sample of Swedish children.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  The overall aim of the study was to assess the psychometric properties of the revised Diabetes Family Conflict Scale (DFCS), in a Swedish sample of children, mothers and fathers. A second aim was to analyse maternal and paternal effects separately.
  
  
  METHODS
  One hundred and fifty-nine families from two diabetes centres participated in the study. The revised DFCS was administered to children aged 8-18 years and their parents. Internal consistency of the scale was measured with Cronbach's alpha, and its concurrent validity was evaluated using bivariate correlations. Independent t-tests were performed to test for differences between mother- and father reports.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The revised DFCS total scale exceeded the criteria for satisfactory internal consistency for the child-, mother- and father reports, as did the subscale direct management, with α-values ranging from 0.72 to 0.81. Furthermore, a higher level of reported conflict on the total scale was associated with poorer metabolic control, thus confirming concurrent validity of the instrument. This was true for mother-, father- and child reports.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  In summary, the study concludes that the revised DFCS can be utilized as a valuable tool both in a research setting and in clinical practice.
authors: Department of Pediatrics, Institute of Clinical Sciences, Sahlgrenska Academy at The University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden. peter.sand@vgregion.se
authors: Peter
authors: P
authors: Sand
authors: Anna Nilsson
authors: AN
authors: Kleiberg
authors: Gun
authors: G
authors: Forsander
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D003220:Conflict, Psychological; D003922:Diabetes Mellitus, Type 1 / Q000523:psychology / Q000628:therapy; D005192:Family Health; D005260:Female; D006442:Glycated Hemoglobin / Q000032:analysis; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011594:Psychometrics; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D013548:Sweden
chemical_list: D006442:Glycated Hemoglobin