title: The Parent Participation Engagement Measure (PPEM): Reliability and Validity in Child and Adolescent Community Mental Health Services.
abstract: Parent participation in community-based child mental health services is an important yet understudied process associated with treatment effectiveness. This paper describes the development and psychometrics of the Parent Participation Engagement Measure in a sample of 1374 parents and 563 youth receiving publicly-funded mental health services. Analyses indicated excellent internal consistency, and model fit indices/factor loadings supported a one-factor model. Convergent and discriminant validity were supported, although some coefficients were modest in magnitude. Psychometric results were consistent for Caucasian versus Hispanic, parent versus youth, and English versus Spanish-language respondents. The clinical and research utility of this measure are discussed.
authors.affiliation: Department of Child and Family Development, San Diego State University, San Diego, CA, USA. rhaine@mail.sdsu.edu.|Child & Adolescent Services Research Center, 3020 Children's Way, MC 5033, San Diego, CA, 92123, USA. rhaine@mail.sdsu.edu.
authors.forename: Rachel
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Haine-Schlagel
authors.affiliation: Department of Child and Family Development, San Diego State University, San Diego, CA, USA.|Department of Psychology, San Diego State University, San Diego, CA, USA.
authors.forename: Scott C
authors.initials: SC
authors.lastname: Roesch
authors.affiliation: Child & Adolescent Services Research Center, 3020 Children's Way, MC 5033, San Diego, CA, 92123, USA.|Department of Psychiatry, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA.
authors.forename: Emily V
authors.initials: EV
authors.lastname: Trask
authors.affiliation: Child & Adolescent Services Research Center, 3020 Children's Way, MC 5033, San Diego, CA, 92123, USA.|Department of Psychiatry, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA.
authors.forename: Kya
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Fawley-King
authors.affiliation: Child & Adolescent Services Research Center, 3020 Children's Way, MC 5033, San Diego, CA, 92123, USA.|Research Foundation, San Diego State University, San Diego, CA, USA.
authors.forename: William C
authors.initials: WC
authors.lastname: Ganger
authors.affiliation: Child & Adolescent Services Research Center, 3020 Children's Way, MC 5033, San Diego, CA, 92123, USA.|Department of Psychiatry, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA.
authors.forename: Gregory A
authors.initials: GA
authors.lastname: Aarons
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D016497:Adolescent Health Services; D002648:Child; D002662:Child Health Services; D003156:Community Mental Health Services; D005260:Female; D006630:Hispanic or Latino; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010290:Parents; D010358:Patient Participation; D011594:Psychometrics; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D044465:White People
keywords: Caregiver; Community-based services; Measurement; Parent; Participation; Psychometrics