RETRACTED: Measurement of Parenting Intention, Decision-Making, and Expectations (Retracted article. See vol. 47, pg. 163, 2011)

PURPOSE. This article described the field-testing of the 28-item Parenting Paradigms Scale, a measure of adults' intentions and behavioral assumptions related to parenting and parenthood. DESIGN AND METHODS. Three parent groups developed prospective items describing parenting attitudes and expectations that reflected the four constructs of Aizen's Theory of Planned Behavior, a theoretical framework for predicting behavior. FINDINGS. The resulting Parenting Paradigms Scale was reviewed for content validity, was pilot tested, and was administered to 340 lesbian and gay adults 18-72 years of age who were parents to at least one child younger than 18 years old at the time of assessment. PRACTICE IMPLICATIONS. The Parenting Paradigms Scale measure demonstrated reliability and validity as a measure of social norms, assumptions, and expectations regarding parenting or planned parenting.