Bibliography Analysis

Lampel, A. K., Bricklin, B., & Elliot, G. (1999). Discipline Index (The). B. S. Plake, J. C. Impara, & R. A. Spies (Eds.), The fifteenth mental measurements yearbook. Retrieved from EBSCO Mental Measurements Yearbook
The Discipline Index is a rating assessment given to children between the ages of 6 to adolescence. They are to give their view on their parent’s discipline, and it is to compare the child’s perception of their parent’s discipline to their parent disciplinary action. Lampel, Bricklin and Elliott developed the assessment so that they could see how a child’s perception of discipline could be useful. Some of these include, “including planning therapeutic interventions, assessing a child for behavioral or emotional problems, assessing
(1998). Assessment of Parenting Skills: Infant and Preschooler. B. S. Plake & J. C.
Impara (Eds.), The fourteenth mental measurements yearbook. Retrieved from EBSCO Mental Measurements Yearbook database
The test is called, the Assessment of Parenting Skills: Infant and Preschool (APSIP) when in reality is it not much of an assessment. We come to the conclusion because there is no way for the examiner to have an exact score for the responder but it actually just helps the examiner to determine the typical parent-child interaction. Watson (1998), states, “Actually, this "assessment" instrument would be more accurately labeled as a structured interview for parents”. The test was created by T. Steuart Watson, Professor of Counselor Education/Educational Psychology at Mississippi State University with the purpose of evaluating the parenting skills of parent with children between the ages of birth and five years old. The main parents targeted for this test, while not clearly stated, are those who are going through a custodial battle and how their responses relate to one another. The test is either self-administered or given by an examiner, however if it is self-administered there are certain guidelines that need to be
When a parent is not satisfied in their role as a parent then it will affect their behavior. The Parenting Satisfaction Scale (PSS) is a refreshing step forward in closing the gap of awareness and promoting parenting skills and family healing” (Katz, 1994). The PSS aims to assess parents’ attitude toward parenting and Ira S. Katz reviews how this type assessment is used best.
This assessment is a 4-page self-score assessment. The parent is asked about how they feel about the spouse/ex-spouse, their relationship with the child, and their overall performance as a parent. Katz (1994) states that the Parenting Satisfaction Scale is a 45-item assessment that reviews parent’s attitude toward parenting in three specific scales: Satisfaction with Spouse/Ex-Spouse Parenting Performance, Satisfaction with the Parent-Child Relationship, and Satisfaction with parenting performance.
The PSS composed of three steps, first, the pilot phase and a final phase, which consisted with a 2 year follow-up. The purpose of the follow-up was to establish reliability and validity over a span of time. In the original sample there were 130 parents (78 mothers and 52 parent). Out of the 130 participants, 122 were married and 8 were single