Revision of the Parenting Stress Index

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To facilitate early identification of children at risk for development of behavioral or emotional disturbance, the Parenting Stress Index (PSI) is designed as a screening and diagnostic instrument that measures the relative magnitude of stress in the parent-child system. For this study, the most re cent revision of the PSI, Form 6, was evaluated for reliability and factorial validity using a sample of 534 parents. Form 6 of the PSI was found to have even higher reliability than previous forms, supporting its continued usefulness both for preliminary screening and for pretesl/posttest measure ment of the effectiveness of counseling programs and intervention tech niques. Form 6 of the PSI was also found to have high factorial validity, suggesting that the domain scores and subscale scores may be confidently utilized to provide information about specific sources of stress in the parent-child system which should be the focus of further attention and professional assistance.

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