Rl. Blount et al., THE CHILD-ADULT MEDICAL PROCEDURE INTERACTION SCALE-REVISED - AN ASSESSMENT OF VALIDITY, Journal of pediatric psychology, 22(1), 1997, pp. 73-88
Investigated the validity of the Child-Adult Medical Procedure Interac
tion Scale-Revised (CAMPIS-R) using multiple concurrent objective and
subjective measures of child distress, approach-avoidance behavior,fea
r, pain, child cooperation, and parents' perceived ability to help the
ir preschool children during routine immunizations. Parents', staffs',
and children's behaviors in the treatment room were videotaped and co
ded. Results indicate that the validity of the CAMPIS-R codes of Child
Coping and Distress, Parent Distress Promoting and Coping Promoting,
and Staff Distress Promoting and Coping Promoting behavior were suppor
ted, with all significant correlations being in the predicted directio
n. An unanticipated finding was that the child, parent, and staff Neut
ral behaviors were inversely related to some measures of distress and
positively related to some measures of coping. Interobserver reliabili
ty was high for each CAMPIS-R code.