Parental Acceptance-Rejection Questionnaire – Child Form [PARQ-Child-60]

Description

The Parental Acceptance-Rejection Questionnaire – Child Form (PARQ-Child-60) is a psychometric instrument designed to assess children’s perceptions of parental acceptance and rejection. It focuses on how children experience the emotional quality of their relationship with their mother or father.

Purpose and Structure

The full-length PARQ-Child consists of 60 items and assesses four major dimensions of perceived parental behavior: Warmth/Affection, Hostility/Aggression, Indifference/Neglect, and Undifferentiated Rejection.

The questionnaire provides a structured assessment of the extent to which children perceive their parents as accepting, affectionate, supportive, rejecting, hostile, or emotionally unavailable.

Scoring and Data Analysis

Items are rated on a 4-point Likert-type scale. Scores can be calculated separately for each subscale and combined to obtain an overall measure of perceived parental acceptance-rejection.

Higher overall rejection scores indicate greater perceived parental rejection, whereas lower scores reflect greater perceived parental acceptance.

Statistical analysis may include descriptive statistics, reliability analysis, correlations, and comparisons between groups.

References

Rohner RP. They Love Me, They Love Me Not: A Worldwide Study of the Effects of Parental Acceptance and Rejection. New Haven, CT: Human Relations Area Files; 1975.

Rohner RP, Khaleque A. Handbook for the Study of Parental Acceptance and Rejection. 4th ed. Storrs, CT: Rohner Research Publications; 2005.

Tags: PARQ-Child-60, Parental Acceptance, Parental Rejection, Warmth, Affection, Hostility, Neglect, Family Relationships, Children, Psychometric Assessment