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The purpose of this study is to further develop the Perceived Parental Relationship Behavior Scale and to assess its validity and reliability. This research involves 209 married couples. The results of the Exploratory Factor Analysis showed that this scale explains 60.77% of the total variance of the mother figure while 60.77% of the total variance of the father figure. Nevertheless, the results of the factor analysis also revealed that both mother and father figures of the scale consist of 37 items and 5 factors (authoritarian, neglectful, protective, democratic, and dependent) each. When the factor loadings of the scale for both mother and father were assessed it was found that factor loadings of the items were in the range of .56 and .89 for the mother figure while they were in the range of .53 and .83 for the father figure. The coefficient of internal consistency for mother figure (authoritarian = .80, neglectful = .88, protective = .83, democratic = .95, and dependent = .88) and father figure (authoritarian = .73, neglectful = .89, protective = .81, democratic = .95, and dependent = .86) shows that the scale is a reliable measuring tool. It was also found that the adjusted total item correlations calculated for item analysis of father figure were in the range between .47 and .82 while the adjusted total item correlations calculated for item analysis of father figure were in a range between .47 and .86.In the light of these findings it can be said that the Perceived Parental Relationship Behavior Scale which is developed for the first time with this study is a valid and reliable scale to be used in the psychology field.

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