Parenting Stress Index (PSI-8)

Rate your agreement with the following statements regarding your experience as a parent over the last month (1 = Strongly Disagree, 5 = Strongly Agree).

Select the best answer for each question:

1. I feel trapped by my responsibilities as a parent.

2. I often feel that I cannot handle all the things I need to do as a parent.

3. My child does things that really bother me.

4. I feel satisfied and confident in my ability to parent effectively.

5. I have less patience with my child than I think I should.

6. I feel isolated from friends and family because of my parenting demands.

7. My child is easily distracted and hard to soothe.

8. Being a parent is much more difficult than I expected it to be.

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