THIS ARTICLE HAS BEEN RETRACTED Measurement of Parenting Intention, Decision-Making, and Expectations

Abstract

PURPOSE. This article described the field‐testing of the 28‐item Parenting Paradigms Scale, a measure of adults' intentions and behavioral assumptions related to parenting and parenthood. DESIGN AND METHODS. Three parent groups developed prospective items describing parenting attitudes and expectations that reflected the four constructs of Aizen's Theory of Planned Behavior, a theoretical framework for predicting behavior. FINDINGS. The resulting Parenting Paradigms Scale was reviewed for content validity, was pilot tested, and was administered to 340 lesbian and gay adults 18–72 years of age who were parents to at least one child younger than 18 years old at the time of assessment. PRACTICE IMPLICATIONS. The Parenting Paradigms Scale measure demonstrated reliability and validity as a measure of social norms, assumptions, and expectations regarding parenting or planned parenting.

Intention to Seek Mental Health Treatment for Adolescent Girls: Comparison of Predictors in Mothers and Daughters

“…Intentions are determined by integrating behavioral beliefs about the consequences of the behavior, subjective norms referring to perceived social pressure to perform/not perform the behavior, and control beliefs about how difficult performing the behavior would be and if the behavior is perceived to be under the person's control (Ajzen, , ). Thus, following the TPB, one can predict that the mother would intend her daughter to have mental health treatment if the mother believes that the consequences of receiving mental health treatment would be good, that the mother's significant others believe that she should choose mental health treatment for her adolescent daughter, and that the choice is under the mother's control (Weber, Hill, Ren, & Beatty, ). See Figure for the original TPB (Ajzen, ).…”