Malaysia Parent Ratings of the Parent–Parental Acceptance–Rejection Questionnaire

Abstract

This study used multiple-group confirmatory factor analysis procedure to examine the measurement and structural invariance across Malaysian Malay ( n = 724), Chinese ( n = 372), and Indian ( n = 259) parent ratings of their children on the short version of the Parent–Parental Acceptance–Rejection Questionnaire (Parent-PARQ/S). The Parent-PARQ/S measures parents’ perceptions of their rejection of their children and has scales for coldness/lack of affection, hostility/aggression, indifference/neglect, and undifferentiated rejection. Results provided strong support for the measurement and structural invariance of the Parent-PARQ/S. In addition, the three ethnic groups did not differ for all four latent mean scores.