PSI™-4-SF

Parenting Stress Index, Fourth Edition Short Form

Purpose: Identifies parent–child problem areas quickly

Format: Paper and pencil, Online administration, E-Manual, Download

Age range: Birth to 12 years

Time: 10 minutes

DETAILS:

The PSI-4 is a 120-item inventory that focuses on three major domains of stress: child characteristics, parent characteristics, and situational/demographic life stress. Commonly used as a diagnostic or screening measure to evaluate the parenting system, the PSI-4 helps identify at-risk or problem areas in the child's or parent's behavior. Major enhancements in this revision include: improved cultural sensitivity of item language, increased internal consistency of scales, the addition of age-based norms at the domain and subscale level, enhanced factor loading of items on scales, the addition of T scores to enhance interpretation, and a new normative sample that includes fathers.