| Abstract: | Normative score performances on the Child's Attitude toward Mother and Child's Attitude toward Father scales by several adolescent subpopulations important to family therapists and researchers are reported for use in clinical assessment and future research. The instruments were administered to a representative sample of 2,419 Florida adolescents, and subpopulations were constructed based upon parental structure and sex. A previous study investigating psychometric properties of the two instruments was partially replicated. Results indicated that both scales are reliable and valid measures of the magnitude of problems in parent-child relationships from the child's point of view. The scales are recommended for both clinical and research applications. |
