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. 2019 Sep 21;16(19):3534. doi: 10.3390/ijerph16193534
Category My Parents Are~ Strongly Agree Agree Disagree Strongly Disagree
Monitoring 1. My parents know where I’m going after school. (reverse-coded) 1 2 3 4
2. My parents know how I spend my time. (reverse-coded) 1 2 3 4
3. If I go out, my parents know when I will come home. (reverse-coded) 1 2 3 4
Affection 4. My parents respect my opinion. (reverse-coded) 1 2 3 4
5. My parents often express that they like me. (reverse-coded) 1 2 3 4
6. My parents give me courage when I am frustrated. (reverse-coded) 1 2 3 4
7. My parents often compliment me. (reverse-coded) 1 2 3 4
Reasoning 8. They explain their reasoning to me (protective) rather than making me blindly and unconditionally follow their decisions. (reverse-coded) 1 2 3 4
9. They explain why something is a bad behaviour before I get scolded when I do something bad. (reverse-coded) 1 2 3 4
10. If I make unreasonable demands, they explain why it doesn’t work. (reverse-coded) 1 2 3 4
Over-expectation 11. My parents are nervous about the things my peers are doing that I don’t do. 1 2 3 4
12. My parents always emphasise that when I do something I should win. 1 2 3 4
13. My parents intervene in small things. 1 2 3 4
14. My parents often force me not to do what I want. 1 2 3 4
Inconsistency 15. The expectations of my parents (protective) are always greater than my ability and it is burdensome. 1 2 3 4
16. I wish my parents were less concerned about me. 1 2 3 4
17. I emphasise that I have to be better than others in every way. 1 2 3 4
18. My parents force me to study more than anything else. 1 2 3 4
Intrusiveness 19. This varies according to the moods of my parents, kind or not. 1 2 3 4
20. Sometimes if I make the same mistakes my parents are angry, and sometimes they are not. 1 2 3 4
21. When a guest comes over or we go out, my parents (protective) have a different attitude toward me. 1 2 3 4