title: Parental relations, mental health, and delinquency in adolescents.
abstract: This paper presents a shortened, 20-item version of The Parental Bonding Instrument (PBI), used in a sample of 573 Norwegian adolescents aged 15-19. The instrument measures mothers' and fathers' "care" and "control/overprotection" as perceived by the adolescent. The two dimensions of the instrument were clearly defined using factor analyses. In addition, they were shown to be related to measures of both depression/anxiety and delinquency, showing that PBI scores may indicate general and nonspecific risk factors in a broad range of psychosocial problems.
authors.affiliation: Norwegian Youth Research Centre, Oslo.
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Pedersen
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000704:Analysis of Variance; D004645:Empathy; D005163:Factor Analysis, Statistical; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007389:Internal-External Control; D007604:Juvenile Delinquency / Q000523:psychology*; D008137:Longitudinal Studies; D008297:Male; D008603:Mental Health; D010287:Parent-Child Relations; D000297:Psychology, Adolescent; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires / Q000592:standards