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Construct and predictive validity of a children's role inventory for studying adult children of alcoholics
Abstract
Predictive and construct validity evidence for an assessment tool measuring perceived children's roles in alcoholic families was gathered. Two hundred and forty-three adult volunteers completed the Children's Role Inventory, the Self-esteem Scale, the Social Support Questionnaire, a short questionnaire, and two measures utilized to screen for the presence or absence of parental alcoholism. Use of Cronbach's coefficient alpha and inter-item correlations demonstrated the high reliability of the Children's Role Inventory (CRI), a 60-item scale with four 15-item subscales coinciding with the four roles delineated by Black (1982) and Wegscheider (1981). Correlation of the four CRI role subscales with descriptive paragraphs which depicted each of the four children's roles and correlation of the four CRI subscales with the psychosocial variables of self-esteem and use of social support well supported the construct validity of the CRI. Comparisons of results from respondents who reported parental alcoholism and respondents who reported no parental alcoholism substantiated the predictive validity of the CRI. Perceived childhood roles were found to exist in both alcoholic and non-alcoholic families. Post-hoc analyses revealed significant differences between participants who reported parental alcoholism and participants who reported no parental problems on three of the four CRI role subscales and on both the self-esteem and use of social support variables. Interpretations and significance of the data analysis and limitations of the study were presented. Future uses of the Children's Role Inventory and implications for the education and counseling fields were outlined. Direction for further research was suggested.
Subject Area
Educational psychology|Academic guidance counseling|Developmental psychology
Recommended Citation
Potter, Ann Elizabeth, "Construct and predictive validity of a children's role inventory for studying adult children of alcoholics" (1988). ETD collection for University of Nebraska-Lincoln. AAI8810327.
https://digitalcommons.unl.edu/dissertations/AAI8810327