Parent-Child Relations Instruments

Child-Timing Questionnaire

The CTQ was designed to assess two primary aspects of timing as it relates to having a child: (1) the important of being ready for a child in terms of personal and professional stages in life and (2) how long respondents believe it will take until they are ready to have their next child.

Parent Comparison Level Index

The PCLI is a 40-item Likert-type questionnaire that assesses parental perceptions of rewards and costs associated with being parents.

Attitudes Toward Foster Parent Inventory

The ATFPI is a 26 item Likert-type scale evaluating attitudes towards foster care.

Discipline Record

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).

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