Tailoring CPP for the Foster Care Setting

Change in Perceived Stress Scale

The Perceived Stress Scale is a 14-item self-report measure of how unpredictable, uncontrollable, and overloaded individuals find their life circumstances. All items are rated on a 5-point scale, ranging from 0 ("Never") to 4 ("very often"). Some items are reverse-scored. Responses are summed to yield a total score (range 0 - 56), with higher scores indicating greater perceived stress.

Time frame: Pre Intervention and 18 weeks

Change in Child Adjustment & Parent Efficacy Scale

The Child Adjustment \& Parent Efficacy Scale, Total Intensity subscale is a 27-item measure of child behavior and emotional problems. Item responses are rated on a 4-point scale, ranging from 0 ("Not true of my child at all") to 3 ("True of my child very much"/"Most of the time"). Twenty-four items are summed to yield a Behavior Problems score (range 0-72), and three items are summed to yield an Emotional Problems score (range 0-9). Behavioral and Emotional Problems scores can be summed for a Total Intensity score (range 0-81). Higher scores indicate a higher level of problems.

Time frame: Pre Intervention and 18 weeks

Change in Parenting Sense of Competence Scale

The Parenting Sense of Competence Scale is a 17-item questionnaire that measures overall parenting satisfaction and competence. Items are measured on a 6-point scale, with responses ranging from 1 ("Strongly disagree") to 6 ("Strongly agree"). Some items are reverse-scored. Items are summed to yield a total scale (range 17-102) and two subscales: parental self-efficacy (range 8-48) and parental satisfaction (range 9-54). Higher scores indicate higher levels of parental self-efficacy and parental satisfaction.

Time frame: Pre Intervention and 18 weeks

Change in Eyberg Child Behavior Inventory

The Eyberg Child Behavior Inventory, a 36-item measure that assesses child behavior problems. Each item has 2 parts that make up 2 subscales: Intensity and Problem. Intensity items are rated on a 7-point scale, from 1 (Never) to 7 (Always), and Problem items are Yes/No responses. Items from each scale are summed to yield raw scores and converted to T-scores (M=50, SD=10). Higher Intensity scores indicate more frequent displays of the child behaviors, and higher Problem scores indicate the parent perceives the behaviors as more problematic. T-scores above 60 indicate elevated behavior problems.