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PCS-Q-G
Parental Caregiving Style Questionnaire – German Version
Short abstract
The PCS-Q-G is used to retrospectively record parental caring behaviour. In analogy to the 3-category model of attachment, the instrument distinguishes between the three styles ‘warm/attentive’, ‘ambivalent/inconsistent’ and ‘cold/rejecting’. Reliability: After a 2-month interval, there was 90% agreement between the pre-test and post-test and a kappa value of κ = .66 (maternal caregiving style) and 86% agreement with a kappa of κ = .76 (paternal caregiving style). Validity: The PCS-Q-G demonstrates face validity. The proven correlations with scales on affiliation in the relationship with both parents and on satisfaction and psychological well-being in adulthood confirm the construct validity of the PCS-Q-G.
Leibniz Institute for Psychology (ZPID). (2024). Open Test Archive: PCS-Q-G. Parental Caregiving Style Questionnaire – German Version. Available at: https://www.testarchiv.eu/en/test/9009009
Citation
Neumann, E., & Rohmann, E. (2024). PCS-Q-G. Parental Caregiving Style Questionnaire – German Version [Verfahrensdokumentation, Fragebogen, Verfahrens- und Auswertungshinweise]. In Leibniz-Institut für Psychologie (ZPID) (Hrsg.), Open Test Archive. Trier: ZPID.
https://doi.org/10.23668/psycharchives.15417
Short information
Short Name PCS-Q-G
English Name Parental Caregiving Style Questionnaire - German version
Authors Neumann, E. & Rohmann, E.
Published in Test archive 2024
Copyright/Licence Copyright Authors; CC-BY-SA 4.0
Key words Attachment Theory, Attachment Behavior, Reminiscence, Childhood Development, Parenting Style, Love, Ambivalence, Retrospective Assessment
Language versions deu
Construct Bond theory (Bowlby, 1969, 1982; Ainsworth, Blehar, Waters & Wall, 1978)
Application age 16 years and older
Item number 6 items
Subscales (1) Secure, (2) Insecure-ambivalent, (3) Avoidant
Application Time ca. 3 min.
Interpretation time One minute.
Retest reliability: Pre- and posttest (2 -month interval): 90% agreement and K = .66 (maternal caregiving style) and 86% agreement and K = .76 (paternal caregiving style).
Face validity; construct validity.
None. Reference values: Frequency data (%).
Applications Research, Practice
Older versions
https://doi.org/10.23668/psycharchives.447
There is no abstract in English available. Short information about the measure can be found under Overview. More can be found on the German pages.
There is no review in English available. Short information about the measure can be found under Overview. More can be found on the German pages.
First published in
Neumann, E. (2002). Die Paarbeziehung Erwachsener und Erinnerungen an die Eltern-Kind-Beziehung. Eine Untersuchung zur Kontinuität von Bindung. Zeitschrift für Familienforschung, 14 (3), 234-256. PSYNDEX Dok.-Nr. 0199445
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Contact information
Dr. phil. Eva Neumann, Dipl.-Psych., Heinrich-Heine-Universität, Klinik für Psychosomatische Medizin und Psychotherapie, Bergische Landstraße 2, D-40629 Düsseldorf
PD Dr. Elke Rohmann, Ruhr-Universität Bochum, Abteilung Sozialpsychologie, IB 4/61 - Postfach 35, Universitätsstraße 150, D-44801 Bochum