Not exact matches
The Father and
Mother Attachment Questionnaire (FMAQ, Matos and Costa 2001) is a self - report questionnaire that
measures the perceptions
of adolescents and young adults
of parental attachment relationships, built on the theoretical and conceptual contributions
of Ainsworth (1989), Bowlby (1969, 1973) and Bartholomew and Horowitz (1991).
The quality
of the
adolescent mother - grandmother relationship,
measured by
adolescent report (two factors from NRI) and observations
of mother - grandmother interaction (four factors from SIRQ), was entered on step 5 in a stepwise fashion.
Measures included
adolescent and
mother reports
of diabetes - related decision - making autonomy, diabetes - related conflict, and regimen adherence.
The power scale
measures the amount
of power the
adolescents attributed to their parents and friends, for relationships with their
mothers, fathers, and best friends separately.
More specifically, 204
mother and 204 fathers
of adolescents (13 — 17 years old) filled self - report questionnaires about family system maladjustment (Family Assessment
Measure - III), self - perception
of parental role (Self - Perception
of Parental Role), parents» beliefs and attitudes toward the family (Attitudinal Familism Scale), and parents» cultural values (Cultural Values Survey).
Less than half
of Latina
mothers reported English as the primary language spoken at home (43 %), but only one
adolescent chose to complete
measures in Spanish.
The current study
measured adolescent perceptions
of maternal anxious parenting (a combination
of overprotection and expression
of anxiety),
mothers» levels
of anxiousness, and
adolescents» anxiety symptoms in 421 girls in grade 7 and their
mothers.
Second, the quality
of the
adolescent mother - grandmother relationship
measured shortly after the child's birth predicted positive parenting over and above maternal maturity and self - esteem.
The support scale
measures the amount
of support from
mothers, fathers, and best friends separately as perceived by
adolescents.
Conclusions Compared to offspring
of adult women, children
of adolescent mothers have lower mean scores on cognitive
measures, smaller head circumference, and higher BMI.
Thirty - five
adolescents with anorexia nervosa and their
mothers were administered
measures of life events and family functioning at initial assessment and 1 and 2 year follow - up, when outcome was also assessed.
Although our
measure of mother - and father -
adolescent relationship quality assessed
adolescent satisfaction with a range
of aspects
of the parent -
adolescent relationship, including closeness, conflict resolution, emotional support, time spent together, and communication, our results are similar to the majority
of studies that have examined specific aspects
of the parent relationship.