Re: Measure of parenting stress

[Neala Schwartzberg <nealas@xxxxxxxxx>]

Rita Dytell and I have developed and used as a research instrument a scale
of family stress. It has dimensions such as lack of task sharing, lack of
emotional support from spouse, and from child, role insignifance, conflict
between responsibilities within family role etc. It's never been used as a
clinical tool, but it does correlate significantly with self-esteem and
depression in several different samples of 'garden variety' parents.

Let me know if you'd like more information.

Neala

Neala Schwartzberg, Ph.D.
Nealas@panix.com
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On Wed, 20 Nov 1996, Kerry Bolger wrote:

> I'm planning an evaluation of a parenting skills training program for
> high-risk parents (including those who have been court-referred because of
> child maltreatment issues).  We're planning to measure changes in (1)
> family conflict, (3) family cohesion, (4) family communication, (5)
> parents' sense of competence, and (6) stress in the parenting role, as a
> function of program participation.
> 
> I've identified appropriate measures for (1 - 5) above, but I've had more
> difficulty finding a good, brief, self-report measure of stress in the
> parenting role.
> 
> I'd be grateful for any suggestions of instruments that might be
> appropriate.  Please e-mail them to Kerry.Bolger@cornell.edu.  I'll post of
> summary of replies to the list.
> 
> Thanks in advance for your help,
> 
> Kerry
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