Construct: Perceived caregiver rewards
Description of Measure: The Picot Caregiver Rewards Scale (PCRS) is a 25-item, uni-dimensional scale measuring the positive consequences of caregiving. Respondents rate the degree to which items describe positive consequences of their caregiving on a 5-point Likert scale, ranging from "Not At All" to "A Great Deal.”
Psychometric tests of the PCRS were conducted in a non-random sample of 83 African-American female caregivers and a random sample of 256 African-American and white female and male caregivers. Alpha coefficients of .83 and .88 demonstrated acceptable internal consistency of the revised 16-item PCRS. Construct validity was demonstrated by support of hypothesized relationships with caregiving demands, palliative coping, depression, and caregiver burden, as well as confirmatory factor analysis.
References
Hsueh, K-H., Bachman, J. A., Richardson, L. I., Cheng, W-Y., & Zimmerman, R. S. (2014). Mechanisms through which reciprocal filial values protect wellbeing of Chinese adult-child caregivers in the US. Research in Nursing & Health, 37, 155-166. doi: 10.1002/nur.21585
Picot, S.J.F., Youngblut J., & Zeller R. (1997) Development and Testing of a Measure of Perceived Caregiver Rewards in Adults. Journal of Nursing Measurement, 5 (1), 1: 33-52.