Parent Behavior Checklist
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Description
In order to tailor our support to families in the most helpful and cost-effective manner possible, an objective assessment of a family's strengths and needs is the logical starting place. The Parent Behavior Checklist (PBC) was developed to contribute to this family evaluation process. The PBC is an empirically derived instrument developed specifically for parents of children 1 through 4 years of age. It was normed on a representative sample of 1,140 mothers and measures three aspects of parenting: Expectations, Discipline, and Nurturing. The PBC is efficient to use, taking parents only 10-20 minutes to complete, and is easy to score. Interpretation is straightforward and leads to an identification of parenting strengths and needs that can be translated into practical intervention strategies.
ISBN
9780884221500
Publication Date
1994
Publisher
ProEd
City
Brandon, VT
Disciplines
Education
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Table of Contents
Preface and Acknowledgments
CHAPTER 1 ASSESSMENT OF PARENTING
Past Efforts to Assess Parenting
Interview
Direct Observation
Child Behavior Checklists
Parenting Attitudes
Conclusion
Development of the Parent Behavior Checklist
Item Selection
Reading Level
User Qualifications
Applications
CHAPTER 2 ADMINISTRATION AND SCORING
Administration
Administration Time
Scoring
Pro rating Raw Scores
Converting Raw Scores to Normalized T Scores
CHAPTER 3 INTERPRETATION
Preliminary Considerations
U sing the PBC Profile
General Interpretation Guidelines
Case Illustrations
Case One - Low Discipline Subscale
Case Two - High Expectations and High Discipline Subscales
Case Three - Low Discipline and High Nurturing Subscales
Summary
CHAPTER 4 PSYCHOMETRIC PROPERTIES
Field Trial
Subjects
Reference Children
Reliability
Factor Structure
Internal Consistency
Test-Retest Reliability
Comparison of Mothers .and Fathers
Validity
Content Validity
Professional Review
Parent Review
Developmental Sensitivity
Item-Construct Correlations
Concurrent Validity
Convergent Validity
Discriminant Validity
Social Desirability
Invitation to Users
REFERENCES
APPENDIXES
A - Normative Tables
B - Item Factor Loadings