Arabic validation of the parental stress scale (PSS) in a population-based sample of Lebanese parents.

IF 2.1 4区心理学 Q2 PSYCHOLOGY, MULTIDISCIPLINARY

Journal of Reproductive and Infant Psychology Pub Date : 2024-10-13 DOI:10.1080/02646838.2024.2415069

Ali Hemade, Laureine El Hawat, Abdallah Chahine, Diana Malaeb, Sami El Khatib, Mariam Dabbous, Fouad Sakr, Sahar Obeid, Souheil Hallit, Feten Fekih-Romdhane

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Background: Parental stress significantly impacts the well-being of families, and necessitates culturally sensitive tools for its assessment. The Parental Stress Scale, widely used in diverse cultural settings, lacks a validated Arabic version suitable for the Lebanese context, where unique sociopolitical and economic factors might influence parental stress differently. This study aimed to translate, culturally adapt, and validate the scale in Arabic among a Lebanese sample.

Methods: Following the Snowball sampling method, participants (n = 502) were adult Lebanese parents who answered demographic questions and completed the Arabic version of the Parental Stress Scale and the Depression, Anxiety, and Stress Scale-8.

Results: Confirmatory Factor Analysis showed a two-factor model of the Parental Stress Scale (CFI = 0.956). We found adequate composite reliability for both the 'Parental Stress' (ω = 0.91/α = 0.91) and 'Parental satisfaction' (ω = 0.94/α = 0.94) subscales. Convergent validity and concurrent validity were demonstrated through positive correlations with measures of depression, anxiety and stress. Our translation of the scale was shown to be invariant across sexes, with fathers scoring significantly higher than mothers.

Conclusion: Our validated Arabic version of the Parental Stress Scale offers a culturally sensitive instrument for assessing parental stress in Lebanon. This tool enables healthcare providers and researchers to identify stressors affecting Lebanese families, facilitating the development of targeted interventions to support parental mental health.

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在以人口为基础的黎巴嫩父母样本中对父母压力量表（PSS）进行阿拉伯语验证。

背景：父母的压力会严重影响家庭的幸福，因此需要具有文化敏感性的工具来对其进行评估。父母压力量表在不同的文化背景下被广泛使用，但在黎巴嫩，独特的社会政治和经济因素可能会对父母压力产生不同的影响，因此缺乏适合黎巴嫩国情的经过验证的阿拉伯语版本。本研究旨在对阿拉伯语量表进行翻译、文化适应性调整，并在黎巴嫩样本中进行验证：采用 "滚雪球 "抽样方法，参与者（n = 502）均为黎巴嫩成年父母，他们回答了人口统计学问题，并填写了阿拉伯语版父母压力量表和抑郁、焦虑和压力量表-8：确认因子分析显示，父母压力量表有一个双因子模型（CFI = 0.956）。我们发现 "父母压力"（ω = 0.91/α = 0.91）和 "父母满意度"（ω = 0.94/α = 0.94）两个分量表都有足够的复合信度。通过与抑郁、焦虑和压力测量的正相关性，证明了该量表的收敛效度和并发效度。我们翻译的量表具有性别不变性，父亲的得分明显高于母亲：我们经过验证的阿拉伯语版父母压力量表为评估黎巴嫩父母的压力提供了一个文化敏感的工具。该工具使医疗服务提供者和研究人员能够识别影响黎巴嫩家庭的压力因素，从而有助于制定有针对性的干预措施，支持父母的心理健康。

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Journal of Reproductive and Infant Psychology PSYCHOLOGY, MULTIDISCIPLINARY-

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期刊介绍： The Journal of Reproductive and Infant Psychology reports and reviews outstanding research on psychological, behavioural, medical and social aspects of human reproduction, pregnancy and infancy. Medical topics focus on obstetrics and gynaecology, paediatrics and psychiatry. The growing work in relevant aspects of medical communication and medical sociology are also covered. Relevant psychological work includes developmental psychology, clinical psychology, social psychology, behavioural medicine, psychology of women and health psychology. Research into psychological aspects of midwifery, health visiting and nursing is central to the interests of the Journal. The Journal is of special value to those concerned with interdisciplinary issues. As a result, the Journal is of particular interest to those concerned with fundamental processes in behaviour and to issues of health promotion and service organization.