Cross-National Validity of a Spherical Conceptual Model for Parent Behavior

An adapted and translated version of the Child's Report of Parent Behavior Inventory was administered to 182 Walloon high school students. A factor analysis of the intercorrelations of the 18 scales revealed three factors-Acceptance versus Rejection, Psychological Control, and Lax Control versus Firm Control-that were similar for boys and girls, for reports of mothers and fathers, and for American and Walloon subjects. A map of a nomological network of parent-behavior concepts was generated by stereographic projections of each scale's factor loadings. The findings provide evidence of the cross-national validity of a spherical conceptual model for parent behavior.