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MEASURE: Parents’ Attribution Test

Description:

The short form of the Parents’ Attribution Test was developed to measure parents’ perceptions of causes of success and failure in hypothetical caregiving situations. Parents are presented with a hypothetical scenario that involves either a positive or negative interaction with a child and are asked to respond to a series of questions regarding reasons that the interaction was positive or negative. Parents rate on a 7-point scale (1 = not at all important, 7 = very important) how important factors such as the child’s disposition and the parent’s behavior were in determining the quality of the interaction.

Reference(s)

Bugental, D. B., & Shennum, W. A. (1984). “Difficult” children as elicitors and targets of adult communication patterns: An attributional-behavioral transactional analysis. Monographs of the Society for Research in Child Development, 49 (Serial No. 205).

Publication(s)

Al-Hassan, S., & Takash, H. (2011). Attributions and attitudes of mothers and fathers in Jordan. Parenting: Science and Practice, 11, 142-151.

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Alampay, L. P., & Jocson, R. M. (2011). Attributions and attitudes of mothers and fathers in the Philippines. Parenting: Science and Practice, 11, 163-176.

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Bombi, A. S., Pastorelli, C., Bacchini, D., Di Giunta, L., Miranda, M., & Zelli, Z. (2011). Attributions and attitudes of mothers and fathers in Italy. Parenting: Science and Practice, 11, 129-141.

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Bornstein, M. H., Putnick, D. L., & Lansford, J. E. (2011). Parenting attributions and attitudes in cross-cultural perspective. Parenting: Science and Practice, 11, 214-237.

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Chang, L., Chen, B.-B., & Ji, L. Q. (2011). Parenting attributions and attitudes of mothers and fathers in China. Parenting: Science and Practice, 11, 102-115.

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Di Giunta, L., Uribe Tirado, L. M., & Márquez, L. A. A. (2011). Attributions and attitudes of mothers and fathers in Colombia. Parenting: Science and Practice, 11, 116-128.

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Lansford, J. E., & Bornstein, M. H. (2011). Parenting attributions and attitudes in diverse cultural contexts: Introduction to the Special Issue. Parenting: Science and Practice, 11, 87-101.

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Lansford, J. E., Bornstein, M. H., Dodge, K. A., Skinner, A. T., Putnick, D. L., & Deater-Deckard, K. (2011). Attributions and attitudes of mothers and fathers in the United States. Parenting: Science and Practice, 11, 199-213.

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Lansford, J. E., Godwin, J., Bornstein, M. H., Chang, L., Deater-Deckard, K., Di Giunta, L., Dodge, K. A., Malone, P. S., Oburu, P. Pastorelli, C., Skinner, A. T., Sorbring, E., Steinberg, L., Tapanya, S., Uribe Tirado, L. M., Alampay, L. P., Al-Hassan, S. M., & Bacchini, D. (2018). Parenting, culture, and the development of externalizing behaviors from age seven to 14 in nine countries. Development and Psychopathology, 30, 1937-1958.

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Oburu, P. O. (2011). Attributions and attitudes of mothers and fathers in Kenya. Parenting: Science and Practice, 11, 152-162.

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