Parent-Child Relationship Inventory (PCRI) The statements below describe describe different ways some some parents feel about their children. children. For each statement statement decide how how you feel. If you strongly agree select the ! ne"t to that statement number. If you you agree select the #. #. If you disagree select the $. If you strongly disagree select the %. Please ma&e sure that you are selectin' the correct response. response. If you want to chan'e you answer ust select another response. Try to respond to all of the statements. If you arent sure how Try how you feel mar& the response response that comes closest to your feelin's at this time. There are no right or wrong answers. *! *# *$ *%
5ame of ______________________ __________________________________ _______________________ ___________________ ________ Facilitator+ Please rate the followin' statements+ Strongly Agree
Agree
Disagree
Strongly Disagree
Q8.1
My child generally tells me when something is bothering him or her
Q8.2
I have troble disci!lining my child
Q8."
I get as mch satis#action #rom having children as other !arents do
Q8.$
I have a hard time getting throgh to my child
Q8.%
I s!end a great deal o# time with my child
Q8.&
'hen it comes to raising my child( I #eel alone most o# the time
Q8.)
My #eelings abot being a !arent change #rom day to day
Q8.8
*arents shold !rotect their children #rom things that might ma+e them nha!!y
Q8.,
I# I have to say no to my child( I try to e-!lain why
Q8.1
My child is more di##iclt to care # or than most children are
Q8.11
I can tell by my child/s #ace how he or she is #eeling
Q8.12
I worry a lot abot money
Q8.1"
Q8.1$
I sometimes wonder i# I am ma+ing the right decisions abot how I raise my child 0eing a !arent comes natrally to me
Q8.1%
I sometimes give in to my child to avoid a tantrm
Q8.1&
I love my child st the way he or she is
Q8.1)
I get a great deal o# enoyment #rom all as!ects o# my li#e
Q8.18
My child is never ealos o# others
Q8.1,
I o#ten wonder what the rewards are in raising children
Q8.2
My child tells me all abot his or her #riends
Q8.21
I wish I cold set #irmer limits with my child
Q8.22
I get a great deal o# satis#action #rom having children
Q8.2"
I sometimes #eel i# I don/t have more time away #rom my child I/ll go cray
Q8.2$
I regret having children
Q8.2%
Children shold be given most o# the things they want
Q8.2&
My child is ot o# control mch o# the time
Q8.2)
0eing a !arent isn/t as satis#ying as I thoght it wold be
Q8.28
I #eel that I can tal+ to my child on his or her level
Q8.2,
My li#e is very stress#l right now
Q8."
I never worry abot my child
Q8."1
I wish my child wold not interr!t when I/m tal+ing to someone else
Q8."2
*arents shold give their children all those things the !arents never had
Q8.""
I generally #eel good abot mysel# as a !arent
Q8."$
I sometimes #eel overbrdened by my res!onsibilities as a !arent
Q8."%
I #eel very close to my child
Q8."&
I/m generally satis#ied with the way my li#e is going right now
Q8.")
I have never had any !roblems with my child
Q8."8
I can/t stand the thoght o# my child growing !
Q8.",
My child wold say that I am a good listener
Q8.$
I o#ten lose my tem!er with my child
Q8.$1
I am very involved with my child/s s!orts or other activities
Q8.$2
My s!ose and I wor+ as a team in doing chores arond the hose
Q8.$"
I have never been embarrassed by anything my child has said or done
Q8.$$
My child really +nows how to ma+e me angry
Q8.
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Q8.$&
*arents shold be care#l abot whom they allow their children to have as #riends 'hen my child has a !roblem( he or she sally comes to me to tal+ things over
Q8.$)
My child never !ts o## doing things that shold be done right away
Q8.$8
0eing a !arent is one o# the most im!ortant things in my li#e
Q8.$,
'omen shold stay home and ta+e care o# the children
Q8.%
3eenagers are not old enogh to decide most things #or themselves
Q8.%1
My child +ee!s many secrets #rom me
Q8.%2
Mothers who wor+ are harming their children
Q8.%"
I #eel I don/t really +now my child
Q8.%$
I sometimes #ind it hard to say no to my child
Q8.%%
I wonder i# I did the right thing having children
Q8.%&
I wold really rather do a lot o# other things than s!end time with my child
Q8.%)
It/s a !arent/s res!onsibility to !rotect his or her child #rom harm
Q8.%8
Sometimes I wonder how I wold srvive i# anything were to ha!!en to my child
Q8.%,
I miss the close relationshi! I had with my child when he or she was yonger
Q8.&
My child rarely tal+s to me nless he or she wants something
Q8.&1
A #ather/s maor res!onsibility is to !rovide #inancially #or his children
Q8.&2
It/s better to reason with children than st to tell them what to do
Q8.&"
I s!end very little time tal+ing with my child
Q8.&$
I #eel there is a great distance between me and my child
Q8.&%
Q8.&&
For a woman( having a challenging career is st as im!ortant as being a good mother I o#ten threaten to !nish my child bt never do
Q8.&)
I# I had to do it over( I wold !robably not have children
Q8.&8
4sbands shold hel! with child care
Q8.&,
Mothers shold wor+ only i# necessary
Q8.)
Some !eo!le wold say that my child is a bit s!oiled
Q8.)1
I worry a lot abot my child getting hrt
Q8.)2
I seldom have time to s!end with my child
Q8.)"
Q8.)$
0elow age #or( most children are too yong to be in a reglar !reschool or day5 care !rogramme A woman can have a satis#ying career and be a good mother too
Q8.)%
I carry a !hotogra!h o# my child in my wallet or !rse
Q8.)&
I have a hard time letting go o# my child
Q8.))
I #eel I don/t +now how to tal+ with my child in a way that he or she really nderstands 4aving a #ll5time mother is best #or a child
Q8.)8
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