Parental Acceptance and Action Questionnaire (PAAQ)
Parental Acceptance and Action Questionnaire (PAAQ)The Parental Acceptance and Action Questionnaire (PAAQ) is a specific AAQ measure designed to assess experiential avoidance in the context of parenting.
References
Cheron, D.M., Ehrenreich, J.T. & Pincus, D.B. (2009). Assessment of parental experiential avoidance in a clinical sample of children with anxiety disorders. Child Psychiatry and Human Development, 40, 383-403. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10578-009-0135-z
Bergman, T. H., Sandred, A., Lindstrom, T., Lappalainen, P., Ghaderi, A., & Hirvikoski, T. (2024). A psychometric evaluation of the parental acceptance and action questionnaire (PAAQ) in parents of children with and without disabilities. Journal of Contextual Behavioral Science, 32, 100757. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcbs.2024.100757
PAAQ - Arabic
PAAQ - ArabicAlkhateeb, N. (2025). Translation, psychometric evaluation, and network analysis of the parental acceptance and action questionnaire (PAAQ) among Arab parents of children with and without specific learning disability (dyslexia). Acta Psychologica, 253, 104693. DOI: 10.1016/j.actpsy.2025.104693 The PAAQ Arabic version is in supplementary materials.
PAAQ - Japanese
PAAQ - JapaneseReferences:
Yuki, M. & Hiroshi, S. (2018). Development of the Japanese Version of the Parental Acceptance and Action Questionnaire: A Preliminary Study. 人文論究, 67(4), 45-56. https://ci.nii.ac.jp/naid/120006401913/en/
Mizusaki, Y. & Sato, H. (2018). Preliminary study on the preparation of the Japanese version of the Parental Acceptance and Action Questionnaire. Humanit Res of KGU, 67, 45–56.
OKAJIMA, J. & Okajima, I. (2023). Developing and validating the Japanese version of the Parental Acceptance and Action Questionnaire among parents with infants and toddlers. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 20(9), 5674. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph20095674
PAAQ - Portuguese
PAAQ - Portuguese Navega, A.C. & Cunha, M. (2018) Questionário de Aceitação e Ação para Pais: desenvolvimento da versão portuguesa, estudo da estrutura fatorial e propriedades psicométricas. ISMT, Dissertaion. The Portuguese PAAQ is in the Appendix.
PAAQ - Spanish
PAAQ - SpanishCorina Shumi WONG CHEN (2018) Estilos parentales y evitación experiencial en padres de niños con trastorno por déficit de atención con o sin hiperactividad. Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos, Thesis. The Spanish PAAQ is in the Anexo.
PAAQ - Swedish
PAAQ - SwedishHolmberg Bergman, T., Sandred, A., Lindstrom, T., Lappalainen, P., Ghaderi, A., & Hirvikoski, T. (2024). A psychometric evaluation of the parental acceptance and action questionnaire (PAAQ) in parents of children with and without disabilities. Journal of Contextual Behavioral Science, 32, 100757. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcbs.2024.100757