Parenting Stress Index, Fourth Edition (and Short Form).
PSI-4 / PSI-SF
Magnitude of stress in the parent-child system; Child Domain and Parent Domain (13 subscales) plus Total Stress; PSI-SF gives Parental Distress, Parent-Child Dysfunctional Interaction, Difficult Child, Total Stress, and a Defensive Responding index
- Provisionally grouped under
- Length and format
- 120 (PSI-4 full); 36 (PSI-4-SF). 5-point agreement (full); short form 5-point agreement (self-report questionnaire)
- Language versions
- Spanish (US) forms; translated/validated in many languages (one of the most translated parenting measures)
- Licence
- copyrighted - commercial
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- Reference
- Abidin, R. R. (2012). Parenting Stress Index, Fourth Edition (PSI-4). Lutz, FL: PAR. (https://www.parinc.com/products/PSI-4)
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