title: Psychometric properties of the mother and father compulsive caregiving scales: a brief measure of current young adult caregiving behaviors toward parents.
abstract: This study assessed the psychometric properties of the Mother and Father Compulsive Caregiving Scales (MFCC). Exploratory (N = 1283, 71.5% Caucasian) and confirmatory (N = 2203, 76.6% Caucasian) factor analyses revealed two-factor structures for each parent: burden and autonomy. Correlational analyses with retrospective self-reports of parent-child relationship quality, family risk indicators, and psychological symptoms demonstrated similar convergent validity for both mother and father burden factors while, interestingly, the findings for mother and father autonomous factors showed different patterns. Results support that the MFCC is a short and convenient measure that would be clinically useful for the assessment of controlling/caregiving behaviors in young adulthood.
authors.affiliation: a School of Psychology , University of Ottawa , Ottawa , Canada.
authors.forename: Molisa
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Meier
authors.forename: Jodi
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Martin
authors.forename: Jean-François
authors.initials: JF
authors.lastname: Bureau
authors.forename: Matt
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Speedy
authors.forename: Christine
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Levesque
authors.forename: Marie-France
authors.initials: MF
authors.lastname: Lafontaine
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D017028:Caregivers / Q000523:psychology*; D016241:Child of Impaired Parents / Q000523:psychology*; D003192:Compulsive Behavior; D005163:Factor Analysis, Statistical; D005219:Father-Child Relations; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009034:Mother-Child Relations / Q000523:psychology*; D009769:Object Attachment; D011594:Psychometrics / Q000379:methods; D019962:Reactive Attachment Disorder / Q000209:etiology / Q000523:psychology*; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D012307:Risk Factors; D057566:Self Report; D013334:Students / Q000523:psychology / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D055815:Young Adult