PARQ™

Test

• The PARQ Parent is appropriate for use with parents of adolescents between 11 and 18 years of age. The PARQ Adolescent is appropriate for use with adolescents between 11 and 18 years of age. Appropriate populations include adolescents and parents of adolescents who (a) are in clinical and private practice settings with psychiatric diagnoses such as AD/HD, ODD, anxiety disorders, mood disorders, and eating disorders; (b) are in school settings and have been diagnosed with learning, behavioral, and emotional problems; (c) are in forensic settings and information about the parent-adolescent relationship is needed; and (d) are in a medical hospital or clinical setting and have chronic or acute illnesses and assessment of the parent-adolescent relationship is needed to improve adherence to medical regimens or to aid in coping with disease processes.
• There are two parallel versions of the PARQ: the PARQ Adolescent, which consists of 168 true/false items; and the PARQ Parent, which consists of 152 true/false items. Both mothers and fathers complete the PARQ Parent Response Booklet, although separate norms exist for each parent.
• The PARQ contains 12 scales that comprehensively assess overt conflict, problem solving and communication, extreme beliefs, and family structure, the clinician obtains a multidimensional profile of family functioning.
• Both of the PARQ Response Booklets (Parent and Adolescent) are hand scored. The PARQ Adolescent Profile Form and the PARQ Parent Profile Form may be plotted, permitting the clinician to compare family functioning across the different scales for each family member.