The Parent-Child Interaction Questionnaire, PACHIQ

The development of the Parent-Child Interaction Questionnaire (PACHIQ) is described. The PACHIQ can be used to assess how a parent evaluates his or her relationship with each child in the family (PACHIQ-P), and vice versa (PACHIQ-Ch). The items refer to interpersonal behaviour and interpersonal feelings. Conceptually, the PACHIQ is based on learning theory and structural systems theory. For the Child version, a stable two-factor structure was found in three independent samples in the Netherlands. The common factors found in these analyses were interpreted as representing Authority and Acceptance. For the Parent version, a one-factor solution was found to be satisfactory. The reliabilities of the subscales and the total scale are good. Results obtained so far indicate that the validity is satisfactory. (C) 1998 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.