Parental Authority Questionnaire – Adapted (PAQ-A)

Even if I didn’t agree with her, my mother felt that it was for my own good if I was forced to conform to what she thought was right.

As I was growing up, I knew what my mother expected of me, but I also felt free to discuss those expectations with my mother if I felt that they were unreasonable.

As I was growing up, I had no idea what my mother expected of me.

While I was growing up my mother felt that children should have their way in the family as often as the parents do.

Whenever my mother told me to do something, she expected me to do it immediately without asking any questions.

As I was growing up, my mother consistently gave me direction and guidance in rational and objective ways.

My mother never gave me any guidance as I was growing up.

My mother felt that children need to be free to make up their own minds and do what they want to do, even if parents might not agree.

My mother always felt that more force should be used by parents in order to get their children to behave the way they are supposed to.

My mother gave me direction for my behavior and activities as I was growing up and she expected me to follow her direction, but she was always willing to listen to my concerns.

I feel like I raised myself more than my mother raised me.

Most of the time as I was growing up my mother did what I wanted her to do when making decisions.

As I was growing up, my mother let me know what behavior she expected of me, and if I didn’t meet those expectations, she would punish me.

As I was growing up, my mother gave me clear direction for my behaviors and activities, but she was also understanding when I disagreed with her.

I don’t know my mother’s views about discipline because she never communicated them with me.

As I was growing up, my mother allowed me to decide most things for myself without a lot of direction from her.

As I was growing up, I knew what my mother expected of me and she insisted that I conform to those expectations simply out of respect for her authority.

As I was growing up, if my mother made a decision in the family that hurt me, she was willing to discuss that decision with me and admit if she had made a mistake.

I did not learn effective communication skills from my mother.

As I was growing up, my mother allowed me to form my own point of view on family matters and she generally allowed me to decide for myself what I was going to do.

Even if I didn’t agree with him, my father felt that it was for my own good if I was forced to conform to what he thought was right.

As I was growing up, I knew what my father expected of me, but I also felt free to discuss those expectations with my father if I felt that they were unreasonable.

As I was growing up, I had no idea what my father expected of me.

While I was growing up, my father felt that children should have their way in the family as often as the parents do.

My father always felt that more force should be used by parents in order to get their children to behave the way they are supposed to.

As I was growing up, my father consistently gave me direction and guidance in rational and objective ways.

My father never gave me any guidance as I was growing up.

My father felt that children need to be free to make up their own minds and do what they want to do, even if parents might not agree.

My father felt that wise parents should teach their children who the boss is in the family.

My father had clear standards of behavior for me as I was growing up, but he was willing to adjust those standards to my needs.

I feel like I raised myself more than my father raised me.

Most of the time as I was growing up my father did what I wanted him to do when making decisions.

My father has always felt that most problems in society would be solved if we could get parents to strictly and forcibly deal with their children when they don’t do what they are supposed to do.

My father gave me direction for my behavior and activities as I was growing up and he expected me to follow his direction, but he was always willing to listen to my concerns.

I did not learn discipline from my father.

As I was growing up, my father allowed me to decide most things for myself without a lot of direction from him.

As I was growing up, I knew what my father expected of me and he insisted that I conform to those expectations simply out of respect for his authority.

As I was growing up, my father gave me clear direction for my behaviors and activities, but he was also understanding when I disagreed with him.

As I was growing up, my father did not direct my behaviors, activities, and desires.

As I was growing up, my father allowed me to form my own point of view on family matters and he generally allowed me to decide for myself what I was going to do.