Child Rearing Inventory

The Child Rearing Inventory (CRI) was developed by Elizabeth Brestan to measure parental tolerance for child misbehavior. Preliminary reliability and validty data have been published by Brestan, Eyberg, Algina, Johnson, & Boggs (2004) and ongoing evaluation of this measure is being conducted by our reserach team.

• CRI article
• Child Rearing Inventory (CRI)

Annoying Behavior Inventory

The Annoying Behavior Inventory (ABI) was developed by Elizabeth Brestan to provide an additional measure parental tolerance for child misbehavior. Preliminary reliability and validty data are promising and onging evaluation of this measure is being conducted by our research team.

• Annoying Behavior Inventory (ABI)

The READI

The Readiness, Efficacy, Attributions, Defensiveness, & Importance Scale (READI) was developed by Elizabeth Brestan, Steve Ondersma, and Sharon Mullins to assess parents' motivation for change via behavioral parent training.

• Readiness, Efficacy, Attributions, Defensiveness, & Importance Scale (READI)

The first reference for this measure is from a poster presentation:

Brestan, E. V., Ondersma, S. J., Simpson, S. M., & Gurwitch, R. (1999, April). Application of Stage of Change Theory to Parenting Behavior: Validating the Parent Readiness to Change Scale. Poster presented at the Florida Conference on Child Health Psychology, Gainesville , Florida .

Since 1999, other researchers have evaluated the psychometric properties of the READI. Jennifer Butcher and Larissa Niec from Central Michigan University recently submitted an article on the most up-to-date psychometric data for the READI.

Butcher, J. L., & Niec, L. N. (in press). Measuring the “Fix My Child” Attitude: Validity of the READI, a Measure of Parents' Motivation for Change.