Validation of the Parental Facilitation of Mastery Scale – II

Zalta, Alyson K.; Allred, Kelly M.; Jayawickreme, Eranda; Blackie, Laura E.R.; Chambless, Dianne L.

Abstract

Objective: To develop a more reliable and comprehensive version of the Parental Facilitation of Mastery Scale (PFMS).
Method: In Study 1, 387 undergraduates completed an expanded PFMS (PFMS-II) and measures of parenting, perceived control, responses to early life challenges, and psychopathology. In Study 2, 182 trauma-exposed community participants completed the PFMSII and measures of perceived control, psychopathology, and well-being.
Results: In Study 1, exploratory factor analysis of the PFMS-II revealed two factors. These factors replicated in Study 2; one item was removed to achieve measurement invariance across race. The final PFMS-II consisted of a ten-item overprotection scale and a seven-item challenge scale. In both samples, this measure demonstrated good convergent and discriminant validity and was more reliable than the original PFMS. Parental challenge was a unique predictor of perceived control in both samples.
Conclusions: The PFMS-II is a valid measure of important parenting behaviors not fully captured in other measures.

Citation

Zalta, A. K., Allred, K. M., Jayawickreme, E., Blackie, L. E., & Chambless, D. L. (2017). Validation of the Parental Facilitation of Mastery Scale – II. Journal of Clinical Psychology, 73(10), 1327-1342. https://doi.org/10.1002/jclp.22416

• Journal Article Type: Article
• Acceptance Date: Oct 10, 2016
• Online Publication Date: Dec 1, 2016
• Publication Date: Oct 1, 2017
• Deposit Date: Nov 25, 2016
• Publicly Available Date: Dec 1, 2016
• Journal: Journal of Clinical Psychology
• Print ISSN: 0021-9762
• Electronic ISSN: 1097-4679
• Publisher: Wiley
• Peer Reviewed: Peer Reviewed
• Volume: 73
• Issue: 10
• Pages: 1327-1342
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/jclp.22416
• Keywords: Parenting; Overprotection; Challenge; Mastery; Self-efficacy
• Public URL: https://nottingham-repository.worktribe.com/output/966411
• Publisher URL: http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/jclp.22416/full
• Additional Information: This is the peer reviewed version of the following article: Zalta, A. K., Allred, K. M., Jayawickreme, E., Blackie, L. E. R. and Chambless, D. L. (2016), Validation of the Parental Facilitation of Mastery Scale–II. J. Clin. Psychol.. doi:10.1002/jclp.22416 which has been published in final form at http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/jclp.22416/full This article may be used for non-commercial purposes in accordance with Wiley Terms and Conditions for Self-Archiving.
• Contract Date: Nov 25, 2016