A Brief Scale for Assessing Parental Child-Rearing Practice: Psychometric Properties and Psychosocial Correlates

The development and initial validation of the 20‐item Colorado Parental Child‐Rearing Scale (CPCRS) is described, based on three studies of college students, including one study that obtained data from students and their parents. The scale comprises four 5‐item subscales that are largely uncorrelate...

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Published in:Family process 1997-03, Vol.36 (1), p.63-80
Main Authors: GEORGE, ELIZABETH L., BLOOM, BERNARD L.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adolescent
Adult
Biological and medical sciences
Child
Child Rearing
Female
Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology
Humans
Male
Parent-Child Relations
Parents
Psychology. Psychoanalysis. Psychiatry
Psychology. Psychophysiology
Psychometrics
Psychometrics. Sociometry
Sex Factors
Social psychology
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Summary:The development and initial validation of the 20‐item Colorado Parental Child‐Rearing Scale (CPCRS) is described, based on three studies of college students, including one study that obtained data from students and their parents. The scale comprises four 5‐item subscales that are largely uncorrelated and that reliably assess parental affection, punitiveness, control, and lax discipline. The first three of these subscales have been repeatedly found in previous studies of parental child‐rearing, while the fourth subscale has been found somewhat less commonly. Many previously identified relationships linking parental child‐rearing practice and respondent personality and demographic characteristics were confirmed in the present study. Data obtained from parents and siblings yielded descriptions of parental child‐rearing practice that were generally significantly correlated with those obtained from index students. Suggestions for additional investigation of parental child‐rearing practice are proposed.
ISSN:0014-7370
1545-5300
DOI:10.1111/j.1545-5300.1997.00063.x