Parental Acceptance Questionnaire (6-PAQ)
Parental Acceptance Questionnaire (6-PAQ)Greene, R. L., Field, C. E., Fargo, J. D., & Twohig, M. P. (2015). Development and validation of the parental acceptance questionnaire (6-PAQ). Journal of Contextual Behavioral Science, 4(3), 170-175.
Abstract
The purpose of this study was to develop the Parental Acceptance Questionnaire (6-PAQ), an instrument measuring the six primary processes theorized to contribute to psychological flexibility among parents. Items were collaboratively developed by a team of experts. Parents (N=181) were recruited from a public elementary school and administered a pilot version of the 6-PAQ, which was refined using psychometric modeling procedures. The final version of the instrument yielded an overall internal consistency reliability coefficient of 0.84 with an average of 0.73 across the six psychological flexibility processes subscales. Results of a confirmatory factor analysis using items from the final version of the 6-PAQ suggested the measurement structure possessed an exceptional overall fit to the data: CFI=0.97, TLI=0.96, RMSEA=0.06 (90% confidence interval=0.05–0.08), and WRMR=0.86. Collectively, these results provide preliminary support for the 6-PAQ as a reliable and valid measure to assess parental psychological flexibility. Empirical and clinical implications of results as well as limitations and future directions are discussed.
Scoring:
The final version of the 6-PAQ is presented in a usable form in the appendix. The measure is completed by one parent or guardian with reference to one child. Scoring involves reversing items 1, 2, 5, 7, 10, 15, and 18, and then summing all items for the total score. Lower scores represent greater parental psychological flexibility whereas higher scores represent greater psychological inflexibility. The subscales are scored as follow: acceptance=items 3, 12, 14; defusion=6, 11, 16; being present=1, 8, 17; self as context=4, 9, 13; values=5, 10, 18; and committed action=2, 7, 15. Clinical norms and cutoffs are not yet available.
The 6-PAQ can be downloaded from the Utah State University ACT Research Group.
6-PAQ - Japanese
6-PAQ - JapaneseTatsuto Yamada & Yasushi Fujii (2020). Reliability and Validity of the Japanese-Version Parental Acceptance Questionnaire (6-PAQ). Child & Family Behavior Therapy, 42(4), 258-267. http://doi.org/10.1080/07317107.2020.1809198
6-PAQ - Portuguese Version
6-PAQ - Portuguese VersionFonseca, A., Canavarro, M.C. & Moreira, H. (2020). Is parental psychological flexibility a (uni) dimensional construct? A bifactor analysis of the Portuguese version of the parental acceptance questionnaire (6-PAQ). Current Psychology. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12144-020-00991-y The 6-PAQ translation is in the article's supplementary material.
6-PAQ - Spanish Validation
6-PAQ - Spanish ValidationParental Acceptance Questionnaire (6-PAQ) Spanish Validation: Juan M. Flujas-Contreras, Azucena García-Palacios, Inmaculada Gómez (2020) Spanish validation of the Parental Acceptance Questionnaire (6-PAQ). International Journal of Clinical and Health Psychology, 20 (2), 163-172. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijchp.2020.03.002
6-PAQ - Swedish
6-PAQ - SwedishStrandberg, S. (2022). Föräldraskap och psykologisk flexibilitet: En studie om prediktorer för utbrändhet, lidande och subjektiv livskvalitet hos föräldrar med och utan barn med kroniska tillstånd. Thesis. Karlstads Universitet. The Swedish transaltion of the 6-PAQ is in the appendix.
PAQ - Korean Adaptation
PAQ - Korean AdaptationSeung-Min Kim(서울여자대학교), Kyung Park(서울여자대학교) (2017) Korean Adaptation of the Parental Acceptance Questionnaire(K-4-PAQ). THE KOREAN JOURNAL OF HEALTH PSYCHOLOGY, Vol.22 No.3, pages 531 - 549.