Measuring parental dimensions: A psychometric evaluation of the parents as social context questionnaire, Swedish version

Abstract

The relationship between a parent and an adolescent is dynamic. A parent may do better in certain areas or during certain phases of the adolescent's life, and the adolescent's needs or demands on the parent may vary accordingly. Parental dimensions have been used to evaluate the quality of a parent-child relationship. The present study explored the structure of a translated version of the Parents as Social Context Questionnaire (PASCQ), both a parent and an adolescent version. The participants were 1556 Swedish adolescents 16-18 years (mean age = 17.4 years, 58.3% females), and 1477 parents, including 1345 parent-adolescent dyads. The results of the confirmatory factor analyses provided a significant model fit of the six parental dimensions (Warmth, Rejection, Structure, Chaos, Autonomy support and Coercion) of PASCQ regarding both the parent-and adolescent reports. Therefore, the Swedish version of the PASCQ parent and adolescent reports is suitable for measuring the six parental dimensions of the PASCQ. However, the concordance between the two reports was low, suggesting that the parent report may be suitable for measuring the parent's view of the relationship, but may be less representative of the adolescent's experiences and vice versa.

Three-way interaction effects of early life stress, positive parenting and FKBP5 in the development of depressive symptoms in a general population

“…Retrospective self-reports induce the risk for report bias, which is to be considered a limitation in the present study. Nevertheless, all measurements used showed good reliability and had been evaluated prior to this study (Hero 2013;Keijser et al 2020a;Skinner et al 2005;Svanborg and Ekselius 2003;Tabachnick and Fidell 2007).…”

“…Perceived positive parenting style was assessed through the Parents as Social Context Questionnaire (PASCQ) (Skinner et al 2005; Taylor and Francis 2017), Swedish version (Keijser et al 2020a) during Wave II when the participants were 16 or 18 years old.…”

“…The internal consistency for the PASCQ pos demonstrated a Cronbach's α = 0.832. For a further description of the evaluation and psychometric properties of the PASCQ, please see (Keijser et al 2020a).…”

Effects of parental attitude and proactive and reactive aggression on cyberbullying and victimization among secondary school students

“…Some parents give socially desirable answers to their parenting. Therefore, in this study, the attitude of parents with youth‐report was evaluated 21,31,33,34 …”

“…Therefore, in this study, the attitude of parents with youth-report was evaluated. 21,31,33,34 Reactive aggression is defined as an impulsive retaliatory response to a perceived threat. On the other hand, proactive aggression is defined as aggressive behavior performed to receive a reward or achieve a goal.…”