Table 2.

Factor structure of the Youth Attachment to Parents Scale Attachment to Father – Attachment to Mother

	Loadings
Factor Matrix	Father			Mother
1st Order Factors	C	A	T	C	A	T
C1. Can you discuss your beliefs with your father/mother without feeling afraid	.58	.09	.14	.59	.04	.16
C2. Is your father/mother a good listener	.47	.21	.20	.57	.23	.09
C3. Are you very satisfied with how your father/mother and you talk together	.53	.21	.17	.57	.15	.11
C4. If you were in trouble, could you tell your father/mother	.59	.11	.17	.59	.12	.16
C5. Do you openly show your father/mother that you like him	.46	.22	.16	.50	.15	.17
C6. Does your father/mother try to understand what you think	.53	.20	.10	.52	.20	.08
C7. Do you think you can tell your father/mother how you feel about some things	.34	.05	.15	.40	.11	.10
C8. Do you tell your father/mother about your person problems	.56	.17	.18	.59	.12	.24
C9. Do you keep your feelings to yourself rather than tell your father/mother	.39	.10	.18	.45	.10	.15
C10. If you get upset, does your father/mother try to find our what is the matter	.43	.21	.13	.39	.15	.10
C11. Does your father/mother encourage you to think about things yourself	.47	.20	.06	.39	.15	.07
C12. Can you let your father/mother know what is bothering you	.67	.12	.17	.68	.08	.14
C13. If you do something wrong, does your father/mother need to listen to your side	.50	.26	.17	.47	.23	.20
C14. Does your father/mother make you feel free to say what you think	.49	.14	.21	.50	.13	.18
C15. How often have you thought your father/mother was really good	.34	.18	.19	.38	.15	.12
C16. How often does your father/mother find time to listen to you when you want	.44	.23	.18	.46	.15	.19
A1. My father/mother makes me feel better after I talk over my worries	.37	.44	.23	.32	.41	.21
A2. My father/mother understands my problems and my worries	.35	.55	.20	.34	.54	.14
A3. My father/mother gives me a lot of care and attention	.32	.60	.23	.24	.58	.13
A4. My father/mother seems proud of the things I do	.18	.59	.16	.15	.58	.11
A5. My father/mother isn’t interested in changing me, but likes me as I am	.13	.42	.20	.09	.45	.14
A6. I like to talk to and be with my father/mother much of the time	.24	.56	.20	.20	.49	.18
T1. When I’m upset, my father/mother usually knows why	.25	.21	.43	.23	.10	.39
T2. When I’m upset, I know my father/mother really cares	.17	.13	.68	.08	.06	.62
T3. When I have a problem, my father/mother helps me solve it	.19	.13	.63	.10	.01	.65
T4. My father/mother is available when I want to talk to him/her	.23	.20	.51	.16	.08	.54
T5. My father/mother expects too much of me	.21	.18	.43	.18	.18	.40
T6. Even if my father/mother disagrees, he still listen to my point of view	.20	.22	.50	.20	.21	.47
T7. My father/mother really trusts me	.15	.11	.69	.14	.14	.51
T8. I can count on my father/mother to help me in a crisis	.15	.14	.69	.16	.16	.63
T9. We don’t really trust each other	.11	.10	.42	.12	.15	.44
2nd Order Factor	Attachment			Attachment
Communication	.79			.77
Alienation	.78			.68
Trust	.68			.61

Note: Bold values indicate largest loadings onto each factor and corresponding factor items. Factor items summed for 2^nd order factor analysis. C = Communication, A = Alienation, T = Trust. Cronbach’s alpha: fathers = .91, mothers = .90.