Table 4.

Correlation between General Parenting Observational Scale and other measures of parenting and family functioning

	Warmth/ Affection	Support/ Sensitivity	Negative Affect	Detachment	Firm Discipline/ Structure	Maturity Demands	Psychological Control	Physical Control	Permissiveness	Neglect
MICS:
Task Accomplishment	0.19	0.15	−0.20	−0.09	−0.31	−0.07	−0.28	−0.28	−0.36	−0.15
	0.23	0.34	0.20	0.59	0.04	0.66	0.06	0.06	0.04	0.32
Communication	0.44	0.45	−0.40	−0.13	−0.23	0.16	−0.27	−0.27	−0.20	−0.31
	<0.01	<0.01	<0.01	0.39	0.13	0.31	0.08	0.08	0.19	0.05
Affect Management	0.39	0.38	−0.44	−0.31	−0.32	0.04	−0.28	−0.28	−0.41	−0.39
	0.01	0.01	<0.01	0.04	<0.03	0.81	0.07	0.07	<0.01	0.01
Interpersonal Involvement	0.56	0.55	−0.42	−0.14	−0.25	0.03	−0.27	−0.27	−0.38	−0.30
	<0.001	<0.001	<0.01	0.36	0.11	0.84	0.08	0.08	0.01	0.05
Behavior Control	0.31	0.27	−0.30	−0.24	−0.35	0.07	−0.29	−0.29	−0.47	−0.38
	0.05	0.08	0.05	0.12	0.02	0.64	0.07	0.07	0.001	0.01
Roles	0.50	0.56	−0.37	−0.32	−0.24	0.15	−0.29	−0.29	−0.37	−0.22
	<0.001	<0.001	0.01	.04	0.12	0.34	0.06	0.06	0.01	0.17
Family Functioning	0.48	0.51	−0.40	−0.26	−0.34	−0.03	−0.27	−0.27	−0.38	−0.30
	<0.01	<0.001	<0.01	0.09	0.02	0.85	0.08	0.08	0.01	0.05
Getting along with my parent:
Warmth	−0.25	−0.29	−0.06	−0.41	−0.12	−0.19	−0.21	−0.21	0.09	−0.05
	0.12	0.06	0.70	<0.01	0.46	0.24	0.18	0.18	0.58	0.75
Hostility	0.05	0.11	−0.19	−0.26	0.00	0.06	0.01	0.01	−0.002	−0.18
	0.75	0.49	0.22	0.10	0.99	0.70	0.93	0.93	0.99	0.27
CRPBI:
Acceptance	0.19	0.05	−0.22	0.13	−0.14	0.08	−0.19	−0.19	−0.23	−0.25
Psychological Control	0.24	0.77	0.17	0.41	0.39	0.61	0.24	0.24	0.14	0.12
	−0.15	0.06	−0.11	−0.15	−0.01	−0.22	−0.24	−0.24	−0.04	−0.30
	0.35	0.73	0.50	0.37	0.94	0.16	0.13	0.13	0.79	0.06
Firm Control	−0.08	−0.00	0.08	−0.09	0.12	−0.14	0.04	0.04	−0.05	0.17
	0.62	0.99	0.61	0.57	0.44	0.38	0.83	0.83	0.77	0.30
PRPBI:
Acceptance	−0.18	−0.21	0.04	−0.01	0.06	−0.06	−0.20	−0.20	0.06	−0.11
	0.26	0.18	0.80	0.96	0.70	0.73	0.21	0.21	0.71	0.49
Psychological Control	−0.45	−0.38	0.25	0.28	0.32	0.00	0.27	0.27	0.36	0.16
	<0.01	0.01	0.11	0.08	0.04	0.98	0.09	0.09	0.02	0.31
Firm Control	−0.52	−0.48	0.19	0.25	0.25	−0.18	0.07	0.07	0.34	0.10
	<0.001	0.001	0.22	0.11	0.11	0.27	0.65	0.65	0.03	0.52
Raising Children Checklist
Harsh	−0.30	−0.22	0.02	−0.11	0.05	−0.20	−0.04	−0.04	−0.05	−0.20
	0.05	0.16	0.88	0.49	0.73	0.21	0.81	0.81	0.77	0.20
Firm	0.05	0.09	−0.27	−0.15	−0.30	−0.09	−0.24	−0.24	−0.29	−0.29
	0.75	0.56	0.09	0.33	0.05	0.56	0.13	0.13	0.07	0.06
Lax	0.11	0.11	0.08	0.27	0.36	0.29	0.01	0.01	0.27	0.18
	0.48	0.48	0.60	0.09	0.02	0.07	0.94	0.94	0.08	0.25

Spearman’s correlation was used to examine the correlation between the 10 dimensions of the GPOS and the MICS and several other child- or self-report measures of parenting. “Getting along with my parent” and the CRPBI are child reports of parenting. The PRPBI and Raising Children Checklist ask parents to report on their parenting. Correlation coefficients (r) and p-values are presented.

MICS = Mealtime Family Interaction Coding System.

CRPBI = Child’s Report of Parental Behavior Inventory.

PRPBI = Parent Report of Parental Behavior Inventory.