The DR is a structured diary on which parents indicate their use of 21 specific disciplinary techniques, plus a 4-point Likert-type rating of their own anger (referred to as parental attitude) in the situation and their child's distress (referred to as child's emotion).

A 13-item Likert-type questionnaire evaluating the extent to which adolescents and young adults perceive that family members are involved in their lives in ways presumed to interfere with the development of independence.