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Disease-related stress in parents of children who are overweight: relations with parental anxiety and childhood psychosocial functioning

Department of Psychiatry, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, USA

Marianna Freddo

Department of Psychiatry, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, USA

Daniel M. Bagner, MS

Department of Clinical and Health Psychology, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, USA

Laura E. Simons, MS, PhD

Department of Psychiatry, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, USA

Gary R. Geffken, PhD

Department of Psychiatry, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, USA, Department of Pediatrics, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, USA, Department of Clinical and Health Psychology, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, USA

Janet H. Silverstein, MD

Division of Endocrinology, Department of Pediatrics, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, USA

Eric A. Storch, PhD

Department of Psychiatry and Department of Pediatrics, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, USA, estorch{at}psychiatry.ufl.edu

The psychometric properties of the Pediatric Inventory for Parents, a measure of chronic disease-related parental stress, were examined in a sample of 72 children and adolescents who are overweight. The correlations between disease-related parental stress and general parenting stress, parental and child anxiety and children's behavioral and psychological maladjustment were examined. The results demonstrated excellent internal consistency and modest correlations with a measure of general parenting stress. Significant and positive relations of medium to large effect sizes between disease-related parenting stress and internalizing and externalizing maladjustment were found. Internalizing and externalizing behavior moderated the relations between disease-related parenting stress and parental distress. Recommendations for use of the Pediatric Inventory for Parents in clinical settings and future research directions are discussed.

Key Words: children • obesity • Pediatric Inventory for Parents • reliability • validity

Journal of Child Health Care, Vol. 11, No. 2, 132-142 (2007)
DOI: 10.1177/1367493507076065


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