Parental Gatekeeping Scale-Revised: Adaptation of the Maternal Gatekeeping Scale in two studies of Polish parents

Most of the research on parental gatekeeping has been limited to mothers' reports and the Anglo-American context. Thus, our research aimed to adapt the Maternal Gatekeeping Scale and align the original questionnaire to measure both mothers' and fathers' behaviors. This new version was named the Parental Gatekeeping Scale-Revised (PGS-R). We used this adapted measure in two studies with parents of children up to 3 years old. In the first study, we recruited 290 parents aged 22-45 years (54% mothers), and in the second study, 113 heterosexual dyads of parents aged 23-44 years (n = 226; 50% mothers) participated. In Study 1, we examined the internal structure and consistency of the PGS-R. Study 2 investigated the PGS-R's criterion validity. The original three-factor structure of the Maternal Gatekeeping Scale was confirmed in the modified Polish version. Additionally, we successfully established gender invariance of the PGS-R and found significant differences in the intensity of gatekeeping between mothers and fathers. Our analysis revealed only slight similarities in gatekeeping behaviors between partners from the same dyad. Altogether, the PGS-R proved to be a reliable, valid, and psychometrically sound measure of parental gatekeeping, enabling the study of gatekeeping behavior of mothers and fathers. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2026 APA, all rights reserved).