Abstract The Parent Cognition Scale (PCS; Snarr, Slep, & Grande, 2009) is a self-report
measure of parental attributions of child behavior that has demonstrated validity in …

Parents' causal interpretations for their children's behavior, termed parental attributions,
influence parents' participation in parent-directed treatments for children with disruptive …

Background Biased parental attributions, or biased thinking about the cause of children's
behavior, are linked to harsh and negative parenting in parents of children with disruptive …

Parent attributions for children's behavior affect parenting practices and emotional reactions.
The current study aimed to create a new measure of parental attributions, called the …

We present and evaluate a new self-report measure of parental attributions developed for
assessing child causal and dispositional attributions in parenting interventions. The Parent …

Knowledge of how parents think about their children's misbehavior is important in
understanding the behavioral and emotional problems of children. Relations between …

Background Parent attributions about the causes of their children's behaviour problems are
a known predictor of problematic parenting and ongoing child problems. However, their …

A significant number of youth experience mental health disorders for which they suffer
negative consequences. Although there are evidence-based therapies available to help …

Several studies suggest that parental attributions may be associated with parenting behavior
and child treatment outcomes. In the current study, maternal attributions for compliance and …

Problematic parental attributions refer to negative causal explanations for child problem
behaviour and are known to predict parenting intervention outcomes. This study examines …