Assessing Parental Experiential Avoidance:

Preliminary Psychometric Data from the Parental Acceptance

and Action Questionnaire (PAAQ)

Daniel M. CheronBoston

University

Psychometrics• Internal consistency is moderate (α = .64 - .65)• Temporal stability is moderate (r = .68 - .74)

• Validity is supported by correlations to measures of child psychopathology and other parent measures

– Parents’ PAAQ Total and CSR (r = .20 - .22, p < .05)– Parents’ PAAQ Total and CBCL Total (r = .19 - .24, p < .05)– Parents’ PAAQ Total and PLOC Child Control (r = .35 - .38, p < .01)

• Regression analyses indicate that, when holding parents’ psychopathology symptom report and parents’ own EA constant, the PAAQ predicts a significant amount of variance in child psychopathology on the CBCL and ADIS-IV clinician-rated severity level for child anxiety disorder symptoms.

– Mothers’ PAAQ Total Scale variance predicts CBCL Total Scale variance (R2 Change = .05, p < .05)

– Fathers’ PAAQ Total Scale variance predicts CBCL Total Scale variance (R2 Change = .10, p < .01)

– Mothers’ PAAQ Willingness Scale variance predicts CSR variance (R2 Change = .08, p = .01)