Parental Monitoring – Self-Report about Own Parenting Behavior
Abstract: Parental Monitoring for Offspring (PMO) is a ten-item measure used to capture how involved a parent is in setting rules on how their children spend their time and a parent’s attempts to garner knowledge of their children’s behaviors. The measure yields two scales: one capturing how parents set rules regarding extracurricular activities, finances and friends and a second capturing parents’ attempts to gather knowledge on these topics.
Who Completed this Measure?: Target Child/Youth (now in adulthood)
Cohort 1 - Administrative History
- Year 28 | age 33-34
Cohort 2 - Administrative History
- Year 28 | age 33-34
Cohort 3 - Administrative History
- Year 28 | age 33-34
Technical Reports:
Raw Dataset Name: c28fo
Scored Dataset Name: PMO28
Is this Measure Available for Public Use?: Yes
Measure Items and Scales:
| c28fo01 | How much do you try to know who your child spends time with? |
| c28fo02 | How much do you try to know how your child spends his/her free time? |
| c28fo03 | How much do you try to know how your child spends his/her money? |
| c28fo04 | How much do you try to know about where your child goes right after school? |
| c28fo05 | How much do you try to know about what type of homework your child has? |
| c28fo06 | How often do you set rules or limits on who your child spends time with? |
| c28fo07 | How often do you set rules or limits on how your child spends his/her free time? |
| c28fo08 | How often do you set rules or limits on how your child spends his/her money? |
| c28fo09 | How often do you set rules on where your child goes right after school? |
| c28fo10 | How often do you set rules about your child’s homework? |
| Scales | Items | Description |
| PMO28knw | C28fo01-05 | Knowledge Solicitation |
| PMO28rul | C28fo06-10 | Rule Setting |