Abstract
Objective:
Previous studies emphasized the role of parents on children and adolescents' socialization process. The aim of the current study is to standardize and investigate the psychometric properties of the Turkish version of the child form of Egna Minnen Betraffande Upfostran (EMBU-C; My Memories of Upbringing Scale), which was developed by Perris and colleagues and adapted to be used with children and adolescents by Markus and colleagues.
Method:
Five hundred and five children and adolescents participated in the study, whose ages are between 11 and 18. The factor structure, test reliability, internal consistency value, test - re-test reliability, split-half reliability, and item total correlation were gathered by various statistical analyses.
Results:
The statistical analyses showed that EMBU-C is a reliable and valid scale that can be used to measure children and adolescents' perception of parental behaviors.
Discussion:
This study shows that EMBU-C is a convenient tool to measure children and adolescents' perceived parental behaviors. Since this scale can be applied to a wide age range like 11 and 18 and since this is a self-report test, this scale would be easily used by researchers. This scale may enlighten many areas about child and adolescent development and symptmatology.
Keywords: Parenting styles, adolescence, psychological symptoms.
