How to measure the parents’ experience of the assessment of their children? The Italian Validation of the Parent Experience of Assessment Scale (PEAS).

Advantages of the PEAS include a more nuanced understanding of different aspects of parents’ experiences during their child’s psychological assessment than traditional measures of parent satisfaction that can inform clinical practice and quality assurance programs. The current study has provided evidence supporting the theoretical hypotheses of TA, such as demonstrating the hierarchical nature of the PARC subscale. Our study highlights the importance of families-practitioners relationship in parent satisfaction with the assessment process. This is consistent with prior research findings on the importance of interpersonal relationships to satisfaction. Instead, in the study of Austin et al., the distinct domain of “New Understanding of Child” had the most significant, direct effect on parent satisfaction and the parent–assessor relationship was necessary, but it was not sufficient in and of itself for general satisfaction. In our study, the relationship between parents and evaluator is necessary and sufficient in determining parents' level of satisfaction, also considering the strong and significant effect it has on other interpersonal factors investigated through the PEAS.