Parenting Journal · Volume 1 · Issue 1 · Licensed source edition
A Systematic Review of Parent–Child Communication Measures: Instruments and Their Psychometric Properties
Originally published 2022-09-27 · Clinical Child and Family Psychology Review
Springer Science and Business Media LLC · DOI 10.1007/s10567-022-00414-3 ↗
Editorial reading guide · Collaboration
How do researchers measure whether parent–child communication is working well?
Collaboration depends partly on how communication is understood and measured. This review helps readers question whether a questionnaire score captures the conversations that matter in family life.
Who was studied?
106 studies reported in 126 papers; 12 child-rated parent–child communication instruments.
Age / stage: 8–21 years in the review’s eligibility criteria
Read with three questions
- Which communication instruments were most commonly used?
- What evidence supported their reliability and validity?
- Why did the authors describe the overall psychometric evidence as limited?
Keep the limits in view
The review excluded parent-rated and observational measures and was limited by language and age criteria. It assesses measurement evidence, not the effectiveness of a parenting method.
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Holger Zapf; Johannes Boettcher; Yngvild Haukeland; Stian Orm; Sarah Coslar; Silke Wiegand-Grefe; Krister Fjermestad (2022). A Systematic Review of Parent–Child Communication Measures: Instruments and Their Psychometric Properties Clinical Child and Family Psychology Review. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10567-022-00414-3
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