Parental Acceptance- Rejection Questionnaire

This study uses confirmatory factor analysis procedures to examine the fac-tor structure of the mother and father versions of the Parental Acceptance-Rejection Questionnaire (PARQ) and their measurement invariance across ratings provided by 314 Australian adults and 509 adults in the United States. The adult version of the PARQ is a 60-item self-report instrument designed to measure adults ’ perceptions of maternal and paternal acceptance-rejection during childhood. The questionnaire contains four scales measuring warmth/ affection, hostility/aggression, indifference/neglect, and undifferentiated rejec-tion. Results of analyses support the proposed four-factor model. All but six items in the father version and all items in the mother version show invariance at PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIV on March 4, 2016ccr.sagepub.comDownloaded from 268 Cross-Cultural Research 45(3) across the two national groups. Overall, the results indicate support for the factorial model of the PARQ, as well as measurement equivalence across th