Table 5. Convergent and discriminant validity indices.
| Convergent validity | (With child report) | Discriminant validity | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| P-CRPBI acceptance (N = 355) | P-PCSa (N = 355) | GFb (N = 354) | C-CRPBI acceptance (N = 144) | C-PCSa (N = 144) | AQoL-PSD (N = 355) | AQoL-MSD (N = 355) | |
| PaRCADS total score | .54** | −.42** | −.52** | .16* | −.13 | .15** | .34** |
Notes.
The indices are represented by bivariate correlations.
- P-CRPBI Acceptance
- Parent report of the Children’s Report of Parent Behaviour Inventory-Acceptance subscale
- P-PCS
- Parent report of the Psychological Control Scale
- GF
- General functioning subscale of the Family Assessment Device completed by parents only
- C-CRPBI
- Children’s Report of Parent Behaviour Inventory-Acceptance subscale
- C-PCS
- Child report of the Psychological Control Scale
- AQoL
- Assessment of Quality of Life 8D completed by parents only
- PSD
- Physical Super-Dimension
- MSD
- Psychosocial Super-Dimension
a
Higher score indicates parenting behaviour that is more characteristic of psychological control.
b
Higher score indicates poorer family functioning.
*
p < .05.
**
p < .01.