The Parents Divorcing Conflict Scale
Initial Tool Development and Exploratory Factor Analysis
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 2501679 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Premela Deck (Durham University, corresponding author), Sarah Eisensmith, Sarah R Eisensmith (Durham University), Jacqueline Cafaro |
| Year | 2023 |
| Volume | 22 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 1174-1193 |
| Publication date | 2023-03-22 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Advances in Social Work (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1527-8565 • E-ISSN: 2331-4125 |
| Publisher | IUPUI University Library (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.18060/26385 |
| OpenAlex | W4353039738 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 20 |
Practical measures to screen for high levels of pre-divorce conflict offer a unique opportunity for early intervention by forensic social work professionals in divorces where children are at risk of being exposed to high levels of interparental conflict and subsequent maladjustment. There is a lack of validated short screening instruments specifically addressing pre-divorce conflict for parents with at least one minor child. An instrument of this nature would support those in the forensic social work field in identifying families that may be at risk for a high-conflict divorce process. Accordingly, this study describes the development of a self-report measure to assess conflict in parenting couples who are in the process of divorce. An Exploratory Factor Analysis (EFA) was conducted with data from a sample of parents in the process of divorce (n=114), and multiple factor structures were examined. The EFA confirmed that a one-factor model offered the best fit. The short 8-item Parents Divorcing Conflict Scale (PDCS) is a promising measure for use in forensic social work, research, and clinical and policy settings as it captures pertinent themes of conflict, including communication, social network, parent characteristics, satisfaction with agreements, and mistrust, and can inform early intervention strategies that will serve to support healthy communication practices amongst divorcing couples throughout the marriage dissolution process
Exploratory factor analysis · Political science · Psychiatry · Psychometrics · Applied Psychology · Attachment and Relationship Dynamics · Clinical Psychology · Family Dynamics and Relationships · Intimate Partner and Family Violence · Psychology · Social Psychology · Social Work
Exploratory Factor Analysis
Children of divorce in the 1990s
Cutoff criteria for fit indexes in covariance structure analysis
Confirmatory factor analysis with ordinal data
Psychometrics of Loca
Development and Validation of the Post-Dissolution Relational Communication Index
The Divorce Conflict Scale
An Evaluation of the Post-Divorce Parental Conflict Scale
Predictors of Continued Conflict After Divorce or Separation
The Complexity of Families Involved in High-Conflict Disputes
Author Guidelines for Reporting Scale Development and Validation Results in the Journal of the Society for Social Work and Research
High-Conflict Divorce
The continuing coparental relationship between divorced spouses
Scale Development Research
Principles and Practice of Structural Equation Modeling
Defense mechanisms and negotiation as predictors of co-parenting among divorcing couples
The romantic partner conflict scale
The Revised Conflict Tactics Scales (CTS2)
Parental Predivorce Relations and Offspring Postdivorce Well-Being
| Citation velocity | historical |
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| Highly cited | No |