Eltern und Kinder: Der Zürcher Kurzfragebogen zum Erziehungsverhalten (ZKE)

Evaluated the Zürcher Kurzfragebogen zum Erziehungsverhalten (Zurich Brief Questionnaire for the Assessment of Parental Behavior; M. Reitzle, 1993). The questionnaire, which assesses parental behavior from the children's perspective, was administered to 877 students (452 males, 425 females; aged 10.7–17.9 yrs) in Switzerland. Also used were the German versions of the Child Behavior Checklist (T. M. Achenbach, 1991) and the Youth Self Report (T. M. Achenbach, 1991), the Coping Fragebogen für Jugendliche (CFB–J; coping questionnaire for adolescents; I. Seiffge-Krenke, 1989), the Allgemeine Depressionsskala (general depression scale; M. Hauzinger and M. Bailer, 1993) as well as a scale assessing overall self-esteem. The results of the confirmatory factor analyses show that the questionnaire reliably measured the 3 dimensions "warmth and support," psychological pressure," and "demands and control." The findings indicate that high levels of parental support correspond to children's positive developmental outcomes, while higher psychological pressure was associated with a less favorable outcome. The 3 scales also allowed for a differentiation of multidimensional types of parenting that differ with regard to children's developmental outcome. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2016 APA, all rights reserved)