Parental efficacy and control questionnaire in hematopoietic stem cell transplant: Preliminary validation

Abstract

Objective: Develop and evaluate the preliminary validity of a self-report measure of parents' treatment-related efficacy and control, Parental Efficacy and Control Questionnaire-Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplant (PECQ-HCT), in a pediatric HCT sample. Methods: Participants included 185 parents of children (=12 years old) receiving HCT participating in a larger, longitudinal study. Parents completed the PECQ-HCT as well as measures of social problem-solving skills, collective family efficacy, family beliefs, and parental distress. Results: Exploratory factor analysis results indicated that a 37-item four-factor model was the best fitting and most theoretically sound, ?2(df = 1,596) = 14,089.95, p