Using the portrait values questionnaire to assess children\u2019s perceptions of parental socialization values

The Portrait Values Questionnaire (PVQ; Schwartz et al., 2001), originally developed to assess one\u2019s own personal values according to Schwartz\u2019s (1992) theory of human values, has also been used in research to measure children\u2019s perceptions of their parents\u2019 socialization values, namely the values children perceive their parents want them to endorse (e.g., Barni, 2009; Knafo & Schwartz, 2003). The factor structure of this revised version of the scale, which we called Portrait Socialization Values Questionnaire-Children\u2019s Perceptions (PSVQ-CP), was analyzed in an Italian sample of 789 adolescents (54.5% female; age: M = 15.30, SD = 1.26), who were asked to fill in the PSVQ-CP referring to their mothers\u2019 and fathers\u2019 socialization values. Results showed that the PSVQ-CP factor structure was similar, but not completely identical, to the original PVQ factor structure, and it was partially invariant across adolescent and parent gender. Implications for assessment of socialization values and future research are discussed