validity of American outcome measures

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Dear all

I am writing to ask if anyone is willing and able to help me with

examining the content validity of some American outcome measures for

parental self-efficacy? These are the:

The Toddler Care Questionnaire (Gross & Rocissano, 1988; Gross et al,

1994; Gross & Tucker, 1994) measures parents self efficacy in managing

tasks and situations relevant to raising their toddler.

The What being the Parent of a Baby is Like (WPL-R) questionnaire

(Pridham & Chang, 1989) has been developed to measure self-perceptions of

parenthood. This has been modified for use with parents of toddlers.

The Norbeck Social Support Questionnaire (NSSQ) (Norbeck, 1983) measures

the multiple components of social support and allows respondents to list

and rate their own social support network members on functional

properties of support (e.g. emotional & tangible support).

These are currently being used in a positive parenting pilot study in

Fleetwood, but we could really do with some other professional and

expert views about their appropriateness within an British context of

parenting support (as opposed to the American).

For those who are willing to comment on the content of these measures I

will forward these in the post if you could give me your postal

addresses. Any support offered will be much appreciated.

Many thanks and apologies for inconveniences on everyones time

Whittaker

Whittaker

Senior Lecturer

Dept of Nursing

University of Central Lancashire

Preston

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