Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine and Science, North Chicago, IL, USA.
Family Service Center, Wilmette, IL, USA.
Assessment. 2021 Apr;28(3):899-917. doi: 10.1177/1073191120918943. Epub 2020 Jun 1.
Positive and warm parental attitudes are associated with better social and emotional child functioning, whereas negative or rejecting parental attitudes are associated with poor outcomes, such as aggression, impaired self-esteem, and emotional instability. The current study investigated the reliability and validity of scores on an interview adaptation of a measure of parental rejecting behavior (PRB) in a sample of detained adolescents. Participants ( = 198) completed a measure assessing their memories of the frequency of specific parental behaviors associated with rejection and self-report measures of exposure to abuse/neglect and community violence, and internalizing and externalizing psychopathology. PRB scores were internally consistent and associated with several kinds of child maltreatment. PRB scores correlated uniquely with indices of internalizing and externalizing symptomatology, even after controlling for indices of overall child maltreatment or a specific index of emotional abuse. The pattern of correlations suggests that the measure provides a valid index of parental emotional abuse, which may help identify youth at risk for both internalizing and externalizing disorders.
积极温暖的父母态度与儿童更好的社会和情绪功能有关，而消极或拒绝的父母态度与攻击行为、自尊心受损和情绪不稳定等不良后果有关。本研究在被拘留的青少年样本中调查了父母拒绝行为测量的访谈改编版（PRB）分数的信度和效度。参与者（n=198）完成了一项评估他们对与拒绝相关的特定父母行为频率的记忆的测量，以及对虐待/忽视和社区暴力以及内化和外化精神病理学的自我报告测量。PRB 分数具有内部一致性，并与多种儿童虐待有关。PRB 分数与内化和外化症状的指标呈独特相关，即使在控制了整体儿童虐待或特定情感虐待指标之后也是如此。相关模式表明，该测量提供了父母情感虐待的有效指标，这可能有助于识别既有内化又有外化障碍风险的青少年。
