J. Mcguire et F. Earls, EXPLORING THE RELIABILITY OF MEASURES OF FAMILY-RELATIONS, PARENTAL ATTITUDES, AND PARENT-CHILD RELATIONS IN A DISADVANTAGED MINORITY POPULATION, Journal of marriage and the family, 55(4), 1993, pp. 1042-1046
A review of parenting questionnaires showed that a number did not have
published test-retest reliability, and had not been developed with mi
nority or disadvantaged parents. Four measures were selected for furth
er study: Parental Attitudes to Childrearing, the Parental Acceptance
Rejection Questionnaire, Raising Children, and the Conflict Tactics Sc
ale. Forty mothers, living in economically disadvantaged inner-city lo
cations, completed the measures twice, from 2 to 4 weeks apart. Signif
icant test-retest reliability was established for all four measures an
d internal consistency was similar to published reports. Some reservat
ions were noted about the relevance of certain questions for parents l
iving in stressful conditions.