TY  - JOUR
A1  - Inhestern, Laura
A1  - Bultmann, Johanna C.
A1  - Beierlein, Volker
A1  - Möller, Birgit
A1  - Romer, Georg
A1  - Muriel, Anna C.
A1  - Moore, Cynthia W.
A1  - Koch, Uwe
A1  - Bergelt, Corinna
T1  - Psychometric properties of the Parenting Concerns Questionnaire in cancer survivors with minor and young adult children
JF  - Psycho-oncology
N2  - OBJECTIVE Although cancer patients with minor children have become more of a focus of psycho-oncological research, little is known about specific parenting concerns. Instruments to assess the concerns and worries of parents with cancer are rare. The Parenting Concerns Questionnaire (PCQ) addresses this issue. We analyzed parenting concerns in cancer survivors and evaluated the German version of the PCQ. METHODS A total of 1416 cancer survivors with minor and young adult children (≤21 years) were recruited in a register-based study. Descriptive analyses as well as reliability and validity analyses were conducted. We performed a confirmatory factorial analysis of the factor structure proposed by the authors of the original version on the PCQ. RESULTS Seventy-three percent of the cancer survivors were women, average age was 47.5 years (SD 5.9). Mean time since diagnosis was 44 months (SD 23.4). Between 18 and 31% of survivors reported that they were concerned about their children. The PCQ proved to be a reliable and valid instrument showing medium correlations with standardized measures in expected directions and discriminating between survivors with and without use of psychosocial support services. The factor structure was supported by the confirmatory factorial analysis. CONCLUSIONS Assessing parenting concerns gives an additional insight into the situation of parents with cancer. In our sample of cancer survivors, we identified one out of three survivors being concerned regarding the impact of their illness on their children. The PCQ can be considered as a valid and reliable instrument with regard to identifying concerned parents with cancer. Copyright © 2015 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
KW  - Adult
KW  - Adult Children/psychology
KW  - Anxiety/epidemiology/psychology
KW  - Child
KW  - Cross-Sectional Studies
KW  - Female
KW  - Germany/epidemiology
KW  - Humans
KW  - Male
KW  - Middle Aged
KW  - Neoplasms/epidemiology/psychology
KW  - Parent-Child Relations
KW  - Parenting
KW  - Parents/psychology
KW  - Psychometrics
KW  - Reproducibility of Results
KW  - Social Support
KW  - Surveys and Questionnaires
KW  - Survivors/psychology
KW  - Young Adult
Y1  - 2016
U6  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/pon.4049
VL  - 25
SP  - 1092
EP  - 1098
ER  - 
TY  - JOUR
A1  - Beierlein, Volker
A1  - Bultmann, Johanna Christine
A1  - Möller, Birgit
A1  - Klitzing, Kai
A1  - Flechtner, Hans-Henning
A1  - Resch, Franz
A1  - Herzog, Wolfgang
A1  - Brähler, Elmar
A1  - Führer, Daniel
A1  - Romer, Georg
A1  - Koch, Uwe
A1  - Bergelt, Corinna
T1  - Measuring family functioning in families with parental cancer: Reliability and validity of the German adaptation of the Family Assessment Device (FAD)
JF  - Journal of psychosomatic research
N2  - OBJECTIVE The concept of family functioning is gaining importance in psycho-oncology research and health care services. The Family Assessment Device (FAD) is a well-established measure of family functioning. Psychometric properties inherent in the German 51-item adaptation of the FAD are examined in different samples of families with parental cancer. METHODS Acceptance, reliability, and validity of FAD scales are analysed in samples from different study settings (N=1701 cancer patients, N=261 partners, N=158 dependent adolescent children 11 to 18years old). RESULTS Missing items in the FAD scales (acceptance) are rare for adults (<1.1%) and adolescent children (<4.4%). In samples of adults and older adolescents (15 to 18years), all FAD scales except for the Roles scale are significantly reliable (0.75≤Cronbach's α≤0.88). The scales correlate highly (0.46≤Pearson's r≤0.59) with the criterion satisfaction with family life (convergent validity), and have smaller correlations (0.16≤r≤0.49) with measures of emotional distress and subjective well-being (divergent validity). In most FAD scales, adults seeking family counselling report worse family functioning (0.24≤Cohen's d≤0.59) than adults in other samples with parental cancer (discriminative validity). CONCLUSION Overall, the German 51-item adaptation of the FAD reveals good acceptance, reliability, and validity for cancer patients and their relatives. Particularly the scale General Functioning shows excellent psychometric properties. The FAD is suitable in the assessment of families with parental cancer for adults and adolescents older than 11years.
KW  - Adolescent
KW  - Adult
KW  - Child
KW  - Cross-Cultural Comparison
KW  - Family Relations/psychology
KW  - Female
KW  - Germany
KW  - Humans
KW  - Male
KW  - Parents/psychology
KW  - Psychometrics/statistics {\&} numerical data
KW  - Reproducibility of Results
KW  - Statistics as Topic
KW  - Surveys and Questionnaires
Y1  - 2017
U6  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jpsychores.2016.11.007
VL  - 93
SP  - 110
EP  - 117
ER  -