title: Parental Attitudes, Beliefs, and Understanding of Anxiety (PABUA): Development and psychometric properties of a measure.
abstract: The Parental Attitudes, Beliefs, and Understanding of Anxiety (PABUA) was developed to assess parental beliefs about their child's anxiety, parents' perceived ability to cope with their child's anxiety and to help their child manage anxious symptoms, and to evaluate parents' understanding of various parenting strategies in response to their child's anxiety. The study evaluated the PABUA in mother-child dyads (N=192) seeking treatment for youth anxiety. Exploratory factor analysis yielded a three-factor solution and identified PABUA scales of Overprotection, Distress, and Approach (with Cronbach's alpha ranging from .67 to .83). Convergent and divergent validity of PABUA scales was supported by the pattern of associations with measures of experiential avoidance, beliefs related to children's anxiety, empathy, trait anxiety, and depressive symptoms; parent-reported family functioning; parent- and youth-reported anxiety severity; and parent-reported functional impairment (n=83). Results provide preliminary support for the PABUA as a measure of parental attitudes and beliefs about anxiety, and future studies that investigate this measure with large and diverse samples are encouraged.
authors.affiliation: Center for Mental Health Policy and Services Research, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, 3535 Market Street, Floor 3, Philadelphia, PA 19104, United States. Electronic address: cbenja@upenn.edu.
authors.forename: Courtney Benjamin
authors.initials: CB
authors.lastname: Wolk
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychology, Georgia State University, P.O. Box 5010, Atlanta, GA 30302, United States. Electronic address: ncaporino@gsu.edu.
authors.forename: Nicole E
authors.initials: NE
authors.lastname: Caporino
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychology, Georgia State University, P.O. Box 5010, Atlanta, GA 30302, United States. Electronic address: Susanna.McQuarrie@gmail.com.
authors.forename: Susanna
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: McQuarrie
authors.affiliation: Columbia University Clinic for Anxiety and Related Disorders, 3 Columbus Circle, Suite 1425, New York, NY 10019, United States. Electronic address: settipa@nyspi.columbia.edu.
authors.forename: Cara A
authors.initials: CA
authors.lastname: Settipani
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychology, Temple University, 1701 North 13th Street, Philadelphia, PA 19122, United States. Electronic address: jenniferpodellphd@gmail.com.
authors.forename: Jennifer L
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Podell
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychology, Temple University, 1701 North 13th Street, Philadelphia, PA 19122, United States. Electronic address: sarahcrawleyphd@gmail.com.
authors.forename: Sarah
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Crawley
authors.affiliation: Center for Mental Health Policy and Services Research, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, 3535 Market Street, Floor 3, Philadelphia, PA 19104, United States. Electronic address: rbeidas@upenn.edu.
authors.forename: Rinad S
authors.initials: RS
authors.lastname: Beidas
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychology, Temple University, 1701 North 13th Street, Philadelphia, PA 19122, United States. Electronic address: pkendall@temple.edu.
authors.forename: Philip C
authors.initials: PC
authors.lastname: Kendall
mesh_terms: D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D001008:Anxiety Disorders; D002648:Child; D032882:Comprehension; D005163:Factor Analysis, Statistical; D005260:Female; D007722:Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D065886:Neurodevelopmental Disorders; D010287:Parent-Child Relations; D010290:Parents / Q000523:psychology*; D011594:Psychometrics; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires
keywords: Anxiety; Assessment; Child; Measure development; Parent