The Mother-Child Relationship Evaluation has been described by Roth (1961) as establishing “a frame of reference of attitudes by which mothers relate to their children” (p. 1). Four scales are provided, one measuring acceptance and three purporting to measure forms of non-acceptance. How appropriate is it to utilize such an instrument in a clinical setting where many of the mothers have enrolled clearly handicapped children in programs designed to produce change? Data from 56 such mothers showed a pattern of scale intercorrelations similar to that cited by Roth (1961) as indicating construct validity. On the other hand, 8 of 48 items did not correlate significantly with total scale scores.
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