Assessing critical dimensions of the parent–adolescent relationship from multiple perspectives: Development and validation of the Parent-Adolescent Relationship Scale (PARS).

This paper presents two studies outlining the development and validation of a new parent- adolescent-report measure parent-adolescent relationship: Parent-Adolescent Relationship Scale (PARS). Study 1 involved an exploratory factor analysis on sample 256 parents adolescents aged 11-18 years. Results produced 21-item comprising three subscales, Connectedness, Shared Activities, Hostility, each with high loadings (> .60), strong internal consistency (H index = .84 to .91 for different age groups) test-retest reliability (r .73 .84). Convergent validity was established via correlations between PARS relationship parenting measures. Discriminant shown no association technology use measure. 2 confirmatory second adolescents, along adolescent emerging adult versions. Equivalence models across versions also assessed. provided further support 3-factor structure, demonstrating configural, metric, scalar invariance final 15-item self-report versions: parent, adolescent, adult. show is potentially valuable tool assessing quality relationship. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2021 APA, all rights reserved).