Quality of Relationships between Youth and Community Service Providers: Reliability and Validity of the Trusting Relationship Questionnaire

Autor/inn/en	Mustillo, Sarah A.; Dorsey, Shannon; Farmer, Elizabeth M. Z.
Titel	Quality of Relationships between Youth and Community Service Providers: Reliability and Validity of the Trusting Relationship Questionnaire
Quelle	In: Journal of Child and Family Studies, 14 (2005) 4, S.577-590 (14 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1062-1024
DOI	10.1007/s10826-005-7189-8
Schlagwörter	Validity; Factor Structure; Age Differences; Group Homes; Psychometrics; Gender Differences; Foster Care; Youth; Community Services; Reliability; Questionnaires; Adults; Children; Statistical Significance; Scores; Attitudes; Construct Validity + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Gültigkeit; Faktorenstruktur; Age; Difference; Age difference; Altersunterschied; Gruppenheim; Psychometry; Psychometrie; Geschlechterkonflikt; Pflegehilfe; Jugend; Jugendlicher; Jugendalter; Gemeindenahe Versorgung; Reliabilität; Fragebogen; Child; Kind; Kinder; Attitude; Einstellung; Verhalten
Abstract	We examined the factor structure and psychometric properties of the Trusting Relationship Questionnaire, a brief measure of relationship quality between youth and community-based service providers involved in their care. Data on youth residing in Therapeutic Foster Care and in Group Homes (N = 296) were collected. We identified a one-factor solution for the child version of the measure and a two-factor structure for the adult version: child's perception of the relationship and adult's perception of the relationship. Both versions appear to be highly reliable and possess adequate levels of construct, criterion, and discriminative validity. While no statistically significant age differences were noted on the parent version, on the child version, older youth were more likely to report lower relationship scores. Gender differences were found on both versions: Female youth reported higher scores on the child version as did adults reporters of relationships with female youth, but only for the first factor--child's perception of the relationship. Overall, the TRQ appears to capture the quality of the relationship between service providers and youth in their care, thus bridging a gap in assessment measures. (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10