PMID- 21309651 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20140722 LR - 20151119 IS - 1545-1569 (Electronic) IS - 1055-6656 (Linking) VI - 48 IP - 6 DP - 2011 Nov TI - Living with a craniofacial condition: development of the Craniofacial Experiences Questionnaire (CFEQ) for adolescents and their parents. PG - 727-35 LID - 10.1597/09-050 [doi] AB - OBJECTIVE: To develop a new instrument (the Craniofacial Experiences Questionnaire, CFEQ) to measure both stressors and positive aspects of living with a craniofacial condition from adolescent and parent perspectives, and to examine its validity and reliability. A secondary aim was to explore experiences reported according to age, gender, and diagnosis. DESIGN: Self-report and parent report questionnaires (CFEQ, Youth Self Report [YSR], Child Behavior Checklist [CBCL], Behavioral and Emotional Rating Scale [BERS]) were completed by adolescents with congenital craniofacial conditions and their parents. PARTICIPANTS: Fifty adolescents with craniofacial conditions and 55 of their parents. RESULTS: Internal reliability of the stressor and positive aspects scales was acceptable (.81 to .92) but was lower for some stressor subscales (.50-.86). Higher stressor scale scores were related to poorer adjustment (CBCL r = .55, YSR r = .37). There were no consistent differences in the stressful or positive experiences of young people with craniofacial conditions according to gender or age. There were no differences in stressors reported according to diagnosis. CONCLUSIONS: The CFEQ shows promise as a clinical and research tool for investigating the stressors and positive experiences of young people with craniofacial conditions. Consistent with the literature on chronic pediatric conditions, there were few differences in experiences of young people according to diagnosis. Furthermore, the lack of gender or age differences supports the need for clinicians to comprehensively assess the experiences of young people regardless of demographic variables. FAU - Roberts, Rachel M AU - Roberts RM FAU - Shute, Rosalyn AU - Shute R LA - eng PT - Journal Article DEP - 20110210 PL - United States TA - Cleft Palate Craniofac J JT - The Cleft palate-craniofacial journal : official publication of the American Cleft Palate-Craniofacial Association JID - 9102566 SB - IM MH - Adolescent MH - Australia MH - Checklist MH - Child MH - Craniofacial Abnormalities/*psychology MH - Female MH - Humans MH - Longitudinal Studies MH - Male MH - Oral Health MH - Parents/*psychology MH - Quality of Life MH - Social Adjustment MH - Stress, Psychological/psychology MH - *Surveys and Questionnaires MH - Young Adult EDAT- 2011/02/12 06:00 MHDA- 2014/07/23 06:00 CRDT- 2011/02/12 06:00 PHST- 2011/02/12 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2011/02/12 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2014/07/23 06:00 [medline] AID - 10.1597/09-050 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Cleft Palate Craniofac J. 2011 Nov;48(6):727-35. doi: 10.1597/09-050. Epub 2011 Feb 10.