MEASURE: Psychological Intrusiveness

This measure includes 11 items about the young adult’s mother and 11 items about the young adult’s father (Manzi, Parise, Iafrate, Sedikides, & Vignoles, 2015). Young adults report whether their parents think they know what their young adult child is thinking without asking, whether their parents are hurt when the young adult wants privacy, and so forth.

Manzi, C., Parise, M., Iafrate, R., Sedikides, C., & Vignoles, V. L. (2015). Insofar as you can be part of me: The influence of intrusive parenting on young adult children’s couple identity. Self and Identity, 14(5), 570-582.