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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2017 Jan 1.
Published in final edited form as: Child Abuse Negl. 2015 Nov 26;51:106–119. doi: 10.1016/j.chiabu.2015.10.028

Table 1.

Means, Standard Deviations, and Sample Internal Consistencies for Measures for Mothers and Fathers

Mothers Fathers
Mean SD α Mean SD α

History

 PAQ History Maternal Authoritarian 35.22 6.68 .85 36.26 6.75 .84
 PAQ History Maternal Authoritative 34.82 8.35 .75 34.70 8.45 .73
 CTSPC History Physical Assault 37.87 46.44 .84 45.59 43.09 .78
 CTSPC History Psychological 32.13 29.80 .75 37.36 28.87 .67

PCA Attitudes

 AAPI Corporal Punishment Attitudes 31.37 8.63 .83 31.87 9.06 .82
 Physical Abuse Vignettes Severity 24.03 3.63 .63 23.48 4.33 .68
 Physical Abuse Vignettes Definition 5.64 1.39 .53 5.41 1.67 .78
 Physical Abuse Vignettes Reporting 4.75 1.40 .51 4.57 1.73 .71
 PCA Acceptability Movie Task 18.17 10.61 .76 18.13 12.38 .81

Attributions

 Video Rating Minimization 3.09 .79 .94 3.15 .71 .79
 Video Rating Negative Attribution 3.59 .42 .83 3.61 .41 .89
 Infant Cry Quest Minimization 2.37 .62 .73 2.44 .69 .79
 Infant Cry Quest Directive Control 3.35 .79 .84 3.31 .79 .83
 Plotkin Vignettes Attribution Total 40.57 16.71 .85 37.07 16.28 .87

Reactivity

 Negative Mood Regulation Scale 64.37 17.15 .87 64.37 17.21 .85
 Frustration Discomfort Scale 18.36 5.42 .84 17.04 5.51 .86
 PASAT b 80.91 70.93 84.01 72.71

Empathy

 IRI Empathic Concern 29.18 4.28 .71 26.94 4.31 .63
 IRI Perspective Taking 26.56 4.77 .77 26.24 4.88 .75

PCA Risk

 Child Abuse Potential Inventory a 97.97 76.09 89.49 57.84
 Adult Adolescent Parenting Inventory 101.88 18.38 .87 109.32 20.52 .90
 ReACCT Intentional Noncompliance 3.84 9.73 .75 4.94 9.98 .77
 PAQ Expected Authoritarian Parenting 34.08 6.62 .80 34.35 7.24 .84

Note. PAQ = Parental Authority Questionnaire; CTSPC = Parent-Child Conflict Tactics Scale; AAPI = Adult-Adolescent Parenting Inventory; IRI = Interpersonal Reactivity Index; ReACCT = Response Analog to Child Compliance Task

a

The Child Abuse Potential Inventory items are variably weighted thus alpha was not computed.

b

No alpha because the Paced Auditory Serial Addition Task value is a single value, the number of trials attempted.