Full name of scale |
Parental Bonding Instrument |
Languages |
English and French |
French version reference |
Mohr, S., Preisig, M., Fenton, B. T., & Ferrero, F. (1999). Validation of the French version of the parental bonding instrument in adults. Personality and Individual Differences, 26(6), 1065–1074. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0191-8869(98)00210-4 |
Rater |
Patient-rated |
Utility |
Research settings
In 1997, a modified version of the PBI called the MOPS or Measure of Parenting Style was developed. The older version had some double negatives that caused confusion. All items in the modified version are constructed in a direct way. The number of items has also increased. Lastly, an abuse scale has been added as well. In this 'retrospective' measure, adults (over 16 years of age) answer questions about how they remember their parents as children. The measure is designed to assess two fundamental parenting styles including ‘care’ and ‘overprotection’ or ‘control’. The measure has to be separately completed for both mothers and fathers. |
Time to complete |
No information found |
Cost/license |
The PBI is not held under copyright |
Parker, G., Tupling, H., & Brown, L. B. (1979). A parental bonding instrument. British Journal of Medical Psychology,52(1), 1–10. Follow this link for the article.