Parent Attachment Questionnaire for Older Adolescents Test
How the Scales are Structured
Who Usually Takes This Test?
See How You Compare
Below is a preview of how scores are typically distributed across each scale.
Once you complete the test, your result will appear on the scale so you can see how you compare.
Once you complete the test, your result will appear on the scale so you can see how you compare.
Once you complete the test, your result will appear on the scale so you can see how you compare.
Example Questions From the Test
- My father rarely shows his love for me.
- I am sure that, no matter what happens, my father will love me.
- Sometimes I am afraid that my father does not love me.
- My father values and respects my personal goals and interests.
- My father is skeptical about my personal goals and interests.
- My father has very little understanding of my goals and interests.
- My father's involvement in my life varies from very involved to barely involved.
- My father respects my privacy.
- My father does not take a deep enough interest in my life.
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Parent Attachment Questionnaire for Older Adolescents Test - Symptoms and Signs
In clinical work with adolescents, understanding the quality of relationships with caregivers can help contextualize emotional functioning and interpersonal patterns. The Parent Attachment Questionnaire for Older Adolescents is a brief self-report measure intended to characterize perceived attachment-related attitudes and behaviors toward each parent.
The measure consists of 10 items and typically takes about 2 minutes to complete. Items ask respondents to rate statements reflecting comfort with closeness, reliance, and concerns about rejection or distance, allowing for a structured summary of attachment-related tendencies with mother and father. Authors: Mary D. Salter Ainsworth; Phillip R. Shaver.
Results from the Parent Attachment Questionnaire for Older Adolescents may inform case formulation and treatment planning by highlighting potential areas of relational security, avoidance, or anxiety in the parent-adolescent relationship, and by guiding follow-up clinical interviewing rather than serving as a standalone diagnostic tool.