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Parental authority questionnaire.

J R Buri1

  • 1Department of Psychology, University of St. Thomas, St. Paul, MN 55105, USA.

Journal of Personality Assessment
|January 1, 1991
PubMed
Summary
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The Parental Authority Questionnaire (PAQ) reliably measures parenting styles: permissive, authoritarian, and authoritative. Studies confirm its validity for assessing parental authority prototypes in research.

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Area of Science:

  • Psychology
  • Developmental Psychology
  • Family Studies

Background:

  • Parenting styles significantly influence child development.
  • Diana Baumrind's prototypes (permissive, authoritarian, authoritative) are foundational.
  • A validated tool is needed to measure these prototypes.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To introduce and validate the Parental Authority Questionnaire (PAQ).
  • To provide a psychometrically sound measure of Baumrind's parental authority prototypes.

Main Methods:

  • Development of a 30-item questionnaire for each parent.
  • Scoring for permissive, authoritarian, and authoritative styles for mothers and fathers.
  • Data collection through children's phenomenological appraisals of parental authority.

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Main Results:

  • The PAQ demonstrated psychometric soundness across multiple studies.
  • Validation confirmed the PAQ accurately measures Baumrind's prototypes.
  • The questionnaire showed high reliability and validity.

Conclusions:

  • The Parental Authority Questionnaire is a valid and reliable instrument.
  • The PAQ is a valuable tool for researching parenting styles.
  • Future research can utilize the PAQ to explore correlates of parenting prototypes.