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Measures and Software

Different versions of the PARQ and PAQ are available in up to 30 languages. The English versions of all measures are included in the Handbook for the Study of Parental Acceptance and Rejection, 4th Edition, available through Rohner Research Publications. The Handbook also contains other assessment tools relevant to research and practice on issues surrounding interpersonal acceptance and rejection. For a complete table of the languages in which the instruments are available, click here.

  1. Measures of Parental Acceptance-Rejection (and Parental Control)
    1. Self-report questionnaires
      • Parental Acceptance-Rejection Questionnaire (PARQ)
        • Adult PARQ: Mother
        • Adult PARQ: Father
        • Child PARQ: Mother
        • Child PARQ: Father
        • Parent PARQ: Mother
        • Parent PARQ: Father
        • Parent PARQ: Infant
      • Parental Acceptance-Rejection/Control Questionnaire (PARQ/Control)
        • Adult PARQ/Control: Mother
        • Adult PARQ/Control: Father
        • Child PARQ/Control: Mother
        • Child PARQ/Control: Father
        • Parent PARQ/Control: Mother
        • Parent PARQ/Control: Father
        • Parent PARQ/Control: Infant
      • Teacher Acceptance-Rejection Questionnaire (TARQ)  
Note: The PARQ/Control is the standard PARQ with a 13-item parental control (permissiveness-strictness) scale built into it. Both the PARQ and PARQ/Control are available in short versions (24 and 29 items respectively).

 Measure of Intimate Partner Relationships
      • Intimate Partner Attachment Questionnaire
      • Intimate Partner Acceptance-Rejection/Control Questionnaire
    1. Interviews (available from Rohner Research Publications, not in the Handbook)
      Parental Acceptance-Rejection Interview Schedule (PARIS)
      • Adult PARIS
      • Child PARIS
    2. Behavior Observation (BO) Procedures
      • Behavior Observation codes for parenting toddlers in the 'strange situation' experimental procedure.
      • Behavior Observation codes for PARTheory's personality variables in the 'strange situation' experimental procedure.
         
  1. Measures of Psychological Adjustment/Personality Functioning
    Personality Assessment Questionnaire (PAQ)
    1. Adult PAQ
    2. Child PAQ
  1. Measures of Corporal Punishment
    Physical Punishment Questionnaire (PPQ)
    1. Adult PPQ
    2. Child PPQ
    3. Parent PPQ
  2. Measures of students conduct or misconduct in school
    Teacher's Evaluation of Student's Conduct
    1. TESC

Software Scoring Program
PARSCORE Vr is available for easy computerized scoring of all versions of the PARQ, PARQ/Control, PAQ, PPQ, TESC. The program exports data files to a data analysis program.

LANGUAGES IN WHICH THE PARQ AND PAQ ARE AVAILABLE

 

PARQ

PAQ

Language

Adult:
Mother

Adult:
Father

Child:
Mother

Child:
Father

Parent:
Mother

Parent:
Father

Adult

Child

Arabic (Egyptian)

X

X

 X

X

X

X

X

Arabic (Yemenese)

 

 

X

 

 

 

 

 

Bahasa Malaysia

 

 

X

 

 

 

 

 

Bengali ( India)

X

 

X

 

X

 

X

X

Bengali ( Bangladesh)

 

 

 

 

 

 

X

X

Chinese (Mandarin)

X

 

 

 

 

 

X

 

Czech.

X

 

X

X

X

X

 

X

Dutch

X

 

X

 

 

 

 

 

English (American)

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

Finnish

X

 

X

 

X

 

 

 

French

 

 

X

 

 

 

 

X

Greek

 

 

X

 

 

 

X

 

Haitian (Creole)

 

 

X

 

 

 

 

 

Hebrew

X

X

X

 

 

 

 

X

Hindi ( India)

X

 

X

 

X

 

X

X

Italian

X

 

X

 

X

 

X

X

Japanese

X

X

X

X

 

 

X

 

Korean

X

 

X

X

X

 

X

X

Persian

 

 

X

X

 

 

 

X

Portuguese

 

 

X

X

 

 

 

X

Romanian

X

 

X

 

X

 

X

X

Russian

X

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Sindhi ( Pakistan)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Sinhala ( Sri Lanka)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

X

Spanish ( Mexico, Peru, Colombia)

 

 

X

 

 

 

X

X

Spanish ( Puerto Rico)

X

 

X

 

X

 

X

X

Spanish ( Spain)

 

 

X

X

X

X

 

X

Spanish (Castilian)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

X

Swedish

X

 

 

 

 

 

X

 

Tamil ( India)

 

 

X

 

 

 

 

 

Telugu ( India)

X

 

X

 

X

 

 

X

Tiv ( Nigeria)

 

 

X

 

 

 

 

X

Turkish

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

Urdu ( Pakistan)

X

 

X

X

X

 

X

X




LANGUAGES IN WHICH THE PARQ/CONTROL IS AVAILABLE

Language

Adult:
Mother

Adult:
Father

Child:
Mother

Child:
Father

Parent:
Mother

Parent:
Father

Parent:
Infant

Arabic (Egyptian)

  X

X

X

X

 

 

 

Arabic (Yemenese)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Bahasa Malaysia

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Bengali ( India)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Bengali ( Bangladesh)

X

X

X

X

 

 

 

Chinese (Mandarin)

X

X

X

X

 

 

 

Czech.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Dutch

 

 

X

 

 

 

 

English (Ameri can)

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

Estonian    

X

X

     

Finnish

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

French

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Greek

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Hebrew

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Hindi ( India)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Italian

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Japanese

X

X

 

 

 

 

 

Korean

X

X

X

X

X

 

 

Portuguese

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Romanian

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Russian

X

X

 

 

X

X

X

Sindhi ( Pakistan)

 

 

 

X

 

 

 

Spanish ( Mexico)

 

 

 

 

 

 

X

Spanish ( Puerto Rico)

 

 

X

 

 

 

 

Spanish (Castilian)

X

X

 

 

 

 

 

Swedish

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Tamil ( India)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Telugu ( India)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Tiv ( Nigeria)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Turkish

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

Urdu ( Pakistan)

 

 

X

X