Child Abuse and Unrealistic Expectations. Further Validation of the Parent Opinion Questionnaire

Sandra T. Azar; Cynthia A. Rohrbeck

doi:10.1037/0022-006X.54.6.867

Child Abuse and Unrealistic Expectations. Further Validation of the Parent Opinion Questionnaire

Sandra T. Azar
, Cynthia A. Rohrbeck

Psychology

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This second validation study of the Parent Opinion Questionnaire (POQ) compared the unrealistic expectations of child abusing mothers (n = 16) with mothers whose partners perpetrated the abuse (n = 14). This comparison provided a more stringent test of the POQ's validity in that it controlled for nonspecific factors associated with being in a family identified for child maltreatment. As expected, significantly greater unrealistic expectations of child behavior were found for abusing mothers than for control mothers. A discriminant function analysis showed that the POQ correctly classified 83% of the subjects. This measure's clinical usefulness is discussed.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	867-868
Number of pages	2
Journal	Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology
Volume	54
Issue number	6
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1037/0022-006X.54.6.867
State	Published - Dec 1 1986

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