Argentinean Scale on Perceptions of Relationships with Parents for Children 8–12 Years of Age

My father/mother likes to talk with me and be with me most of the time.

My father/mother makes sure I get home on time.

My father/mother tells me that he/she loves me a great deal.

My father/mother wants to know at all times where I am and what I am doing.

My father/mother decides which friends I can have.

My father/mother does not much care if I misbehave.

My father/mother allows me to go out whenever I want.

My father/mother makes me feel that I am the most important person in their life.

My father/mother gets into my things.

My father/mother believes that punishing me is going to correct my poor behavior.

My father/mother always listens to what I say and think.

My father/mother always wants to know what I do at school and in my free time.

My father/mother always talks about the things they do for me and blames me because they have to do so much.

My father/mother wants to control everything that I do.

My father/mother cares when I do something that I shouldn’t do.

My father/mother allows me to do whatever I want.

My father/mother protects me when I am afraid.

My father/mother insists that I have to do everything he/she tells me.

My father/mother punishes me when I haven’t done anything wrong.

My father/mother often has long talks with me to explain the reasons for things.

My father/mother says that if I really love him/her, I should behave well so as not to make his/her life miserable.

My father/mother insists that I do my chores.

If I insist, my father/mother gives in and says I can stay out later on weeknights.

My father/mother says that misbehaving is very serious and that I might have problems when I grow up.

My father/mother, if I do something he/she is upset about, stops speaking to me until I apologize.

My father/mother shows that he/she is proud of what I do.

My father/mother wants me to stay home so that they know what I am doing.

My father/mother makes me do what he/she tells me to do.

My father/mother is interested in what I do.

My father/mother, when I make a mistake, refuses to have anything to do with me until I find a way to reconcile with him/her.

My father/mother allows me to go out to play whenever I want.

My father/mother worries when I misbehave because I will suffer the consequences when I grow up.