PAGE 2Adult PARQ/Control: Mother, Short Form

ADULT PARQ/Control: Mother (Short Form)

(Parental Acceptance/Rejection and Control Questionnaire)

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Name (or I.D. number)

Date

The following pages contain a number of statements describing the way mothers sometimes act toward their children. Read each statement carefully and think how well it describes the way your mother treated you when you were about 7-12 years old. Work quickly. Give your first impression and move on to the next item. Do not dwell on any item.

Four columns follow each sentence. If the statement is basically true about the way your mother treated you then ask yourself, Was it almost always true? or Was it only sometimes true? If you think your mother almost always treated you that way, put an X under ALMOST ALWAYS TRUE; if the statement was sometimes true about the way your mother treated you then mark SOMETIMES TRUE. If you feel the statement is basically untrue about the way your mother treated you then ask yourself, Is it rarely true? or Is it almost never true? If it is rarely true about the way your mother treated you put an X under RARELY TRUE; if you feel the statement is almost never true then mark ALMOST NEVER TRUE.

Remember, there is no right or wrong answer to any statement, so be as frank as you can. Respond to each statement the way you feel your mother really was rather than the way you might have liked her to be. For example, if in your memory she almost always hugged and kissed you when you were good, you should mark the item as follows:

TRUE OF MY MOTHERNOT TRUE OF MY MOTHER

Almost always trueSometimes trueRarely trueAlmost never true

1My mother hugged

and kissed me when

I was good

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Respondents significant female caregiver

(if not Mother)

( Ronald P. Rohner, 2002

Revised 9/2002TRUE OF MY MOTHERNOT TRUE OF MY MOTHER

Almost always trueSometimes trueRarely trueAlmost never true

1My mother hugged and kissed me when I was good

2Totally ignored me

3Saw to it that I knew exactly what I may or may not do

4Made it easy for me to tell her things that were important to me

5Hit me, even when I did not deserve it

6Saw me as a burden

7Was always telling me how I should behave

8Punished me severely when she was angry

9Was too busy to answer my questions

10Seemed to dislike me

11Was really interested in what I did

12Said many unkind things to me

13Ignored me when I asked for help

14Insisted that I must do exactly as I was told

15Made me feel wanted and needed

16Paid a lot of attention to me

17Went out of her way to hurt my feelings

18Forgot important things I thought

she should remember

19Made me feel unloved if I misbehaved

20Let me do anything I liked to do

21Made me feel what I did was important

22Frightened or threatened me when I

did something wrong

23Cared about what I thought

and liked me to talk about it.

24Felt other children were better than I

was no matter what I did

25Let me know I was not wanted

26Wanted to control whatever I did

27Let me know she loved me

28Ignored me as long as I did not

do anything to bother her

29Treated me gently and with kindness

Parent, Child, Adult, and Teacher PARQ/ Control Scoring Sheet (Short Form)

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Date___________________

Warmth/Affection Hostility/Aggression Indifference/Neglect Undiff Rej Control

1________ -------- 2________ --------

3________

4________ 5________ --------6_______

7________

-------- 8________ 9________10_______

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11________

12________13________ --------14________

15________

--------16*_______ -------- --------

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17________18________19________ 20*_______

21________

22________ -------- ----------------

23________

24________ --------25_______26_______

27________

--------28________ -------- --------

29________

-------- -------- -------- --------

Total

W/A___________ H/A___________I/N___________ R(u) ________ Control_________

**Total PARQ

*Reverse scoring required on items 16 and 20.

** Total PARQ = sum of all four scales, with entire warmth scale reverse scored. (To reverse score the warmth scale, subtract the scale-score from 40.)

Note: If more than one version of the PARQ is used, circle on each scoring sheet whether responses there refer to the Parent, Child, or Adult PARQ.

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