Linking Negative Parenting With Pathology Parenting and Psychopathology C. Penis, W. A. Arrindell, and M. Eisemann (Eds.). Chichester, England: John Wiley & Sons, 1994, 338 pp. (hardcover). This edited book represents the first compilation of a series of ongoing collaborative research efforts by authors from 19 countries who are studying the possible connection between negative parenting practices and psychopathology. The editors state that previous research in this area is methodologically flawed, lacks generalizability, provides only a superficial examination of a relationship between parental attitudes and psychopathology, and is in need of a reliable and valid instrument to assess parental rearing attitudes across different cultures. Therefore, the primary purpose of this book (and forthcoming volumes) is to remediate these issues. Parenting and Psychopathology is divided into two sections. Part I is devoted to theoretical issues, the development of assessment instruments, and a review of past and present research methodology. Part II is a compilation of research that is designed to explicate a linkage between persons' different parental rearing experiences and specific pathological disorders. In chapter 1, Perris presents a comprehensive theoretical framework that incorporates both (a) the interaction of cultural, biological, and psychological variables in the development of a person's vulnerability to psychopathological disorders, as well as (b) the interplay of the vulnerable person with his/her environment. Thus, it is important to note (as Perris emphasizes) that the purpose of studying parental rearing practices and psychological disorders is not to support the scapegoating of parents by the psychological profession, but rather to suggest to clinicians and researchers that poor parenting is only one of the many possible etiologic factors underlying psychopathology. Chapter 2 is completely devoted to introducing the Egna Minnen Betraffande Uppfostran (EMBU) "My Memories of Upbringing," a self-report measure developed by Perris and his colleagues in 1980 and translated into English by Ross, Campbell, and Clayer in 1982. The authors discuss the structure and value of the English-language version of the EMBU, provide a shortened version (27 items versus the original 81 -item version), and provide data on the reliability and validity of the instrument. The 27-item EMBU assesses many negative behaviors subsumed under three scales: supportive, rejecting, and overinvolved. Chapter 3 (Gerlsma & Emmelkamp) is a meta-analysis of studies using various measures of parental rearing styles including the EMBU, the Children's Reports of Parental Behavior Inventory (CRPBI), and the Parental Bonding Inventory (PBI) over the years 1970-1991. …