Abstract
This study explored relations among perceived acceptance and behavioral control by intimate partners, remembrances of parents’
acceptance and behavioral control in childhood, and adults’ psychological adjustment. The study was conducted on 98 American
adults (50 men and 48 women) between ages 18 and 50 (mean 26 years). Measures used were the Adult version of the Parental
Acceptance-Rejection/Control Questionnaire for Mothers and Fathers(Adult PARQ/Control: Mother and Father); Intimate Partner
Acceptance-Rejection/Control Questionnaire (IPAR/CQ); and, the Adult version of the Personality Assessment Questionnaire (Adult
PAQ). Results showed significant positive correlations between psychological adjustment and perceived partner acceptance and
parental acceptance for both women and men. Results also showed significant negative correlations between psychological adjustment
and perceived partner control and parental control for both women and men. Regression analyses, however, revealed a significant
independent effect of only paternal acceptance (but not of maternal and partner acceptance) on the psychological adjustment
of men. Regression analyses also revealed significant independent effects of both paternal and maternal acceptance (but not
partner acceptance) on the psychological adjustment of women.
acceptance and behavioral control in childhood, and adults’ psychological adjustment. The study was conducted on 98 American
adults (50 men and 48 women) between ages 18 and 50 (mean 26 years). Measures used were the Adult version of the Parental
Acceptance-Rejection/Control Questionnaire for Mothers and Fathers(Adult PARQ/Control: Mother and Father); Intimate Partner
Acceptance-Rejection/Control Questionnaire (IPAR/CQ); and, the Adult version of the Personality Assessment Questionnaire (Adult
PAQ). Results showed significant positive correlations between psychological adjustment and perceived partner acceptance and
parental acceptance for both women and men. Results also showed significant negative correlations between psychological adjustment
and perceived partner control and parental control for both women and men. Regression analyses, however, revealed a significant
independent effect of only paternal acceptance (but not of maternal and partner acceptance) on the psychological adjustment
of men. Regression analyses also revealed significant independent effects of both paternal and maternal acceptance (but not
partner acceptance) on the psychological adjustment of women.
- Content Type Journal Article
- Category Assessment
- Pages 1-6
- DOI 10.1007/s12646-011-0134-6
- Authors
- Abdul Khaleque, Department of Human Development and Family Studies, University of Connecticut, 348 Mansfield Road, Unit 2058, Storrs, CT 06269, USA
- Journal Psychological Studies
- Online ISSN 0974-9861
- Print ISSN 0033-2968