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PPQ for BSFT

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Parent Practices Questionnaire: Adolescent Version -- Parent Report


The following questions have to do with things that your child does,
and ways that you react to your child. Please check the response
that best represents your interactions with the adolescent.
1.How often does your child do something that gives you
pleasure and enjoyment?
_____0. Never
_____1. Less than once a week
_____2. About once or twice a week
_____3. About three to six times a week
_____4. About once a day
_____5. Several times each day
_____6. Many times each day
2. How often does your child do something that greatly irritates you
and gets on your nerves?
_____0. Never
_____1. Less than once a week
_____2. About once or twice a week
_____3. About three to six times a week
_____4. About once a day
_____5. Several times each day
_____6. Many times each day
3. How often do you "ground" your child for longer than a week?
_____0. Never
_____1. About once to three times a year
_____2. About four to six times a year
_____3. About seven to nine times a year
_____4. About ten to twelve times a year
_____5. About once or twice a month
_____6. More than twice a month
4. How often do you praise your child, by saying something like
"Good for you!" "What a nice thing you did!" "Thank you!" or "That's
good going!"
_____0. Never
_____1. Less than once a week
_____2. About once or twice a week
_____3. About three to six times a week
_____4. About once a day
_____5. Several times each day
_____6. Many times each day
5. How often do you and your child talk or work or play with each
other, focusing attention on each other for five minutes or more,

without your asking or telling the child to do anything, or giving any


advice?
_____0. Never
_____1. Less than once a week
_____2. About once or twice a week
_____3. About three to six times a week
_____4. About once a day
_____5. Several times each day
_____6. Many times each day
6. How often do you tell your child to do something, with an
irritated or angry tone of voice?
_____0. Never
_____1. Less than once a week
_____2. About once or twice a week
_____3. About three to six times a week
_____4. About once a day
_____5. Several times each day
_____6. Many times each day
7. How often do you and your child play together -- for example:
board games, card games, sports, dramatic activities, guessing
games, throwing a ball back and forth, etc.
_____0. Never
_____1. Less than once a week
_____2. About once or twice a week
_____3. About three to six times a week
_____4. About once a day
_____5. Several times each day
_____6. Many times each day
8. How often do you and your child laugh together?
_____0. Never
_____1. Less than once a week
_____2. About once or twice a week
_____3. About three to six times a week
_____4. About once a day
_____5. Several times each day
_____6. Many times each day
9. How often do you yell or speak in a very loud voice to your child
because the child has done something you don't like?
_____0. Never
_____1. Less than once a week
_____2. About once or twice a week
_____3. About three to six times a week
_____4. About once a day
_____5. Several times each day
_____6. Many times each day

10. How often do you and your child do some sort of work, task, or
chore together, in a way that is pleasant for each of you? (For
example: gardening, yardwork, housework, community service,
cooking...)
_____0. Never
_____1. Less than once a week
_____2. About once or twice a week
_____3. About three to six times a week
_____4. About once a day
_____5. Several times each day
_____6. Many times each day
11. How often do you and your child discuss a problem or decision,
in a conversation in which: (1) neither person gets angry; (2) more
than one possible course of action is posed as an alternative, and
(3) something is finally agreed upon?
_____0. Never
_____1. Less than once a week
_____2. About once or twice a week
_____3. About three to six times a week
_____4. About once a day
_____5. Several times each day
_____6. Many times each day
12. During the past 30 days, what percent of the conversations you
have had with your child were arguments, or resulted in arguments?
_____0. None
_____1. Some, but less than a quarter of the conversations
_____2. Between a quarter and half the conversations
_____3. Between half and three quarters of the conversations
_____4. Not all the conversations, but more than three quarters of the
conversations
_____5. All the conversations
13. How often does the thought go through your mind that you wish
you didn't have to spend so much time with the child, or that you
are glad you don't spend more time with the child?
_____0. Never
_____1. Less than once a week
_____2. About once or twice a week
_____3. About three to six times a week
_____4. About once a day
_____5. Several times each day
_____6. Many times each day
14. How often do you do some sort of activity that lets you chat with
both your teenaged child and one or more of his or her friends?
_____0. Never
_____1. Less than once a week
_____2. About once or twice a week

_____3. About three to six times a week


_____4. About once a day
_____5. Several times each day
_____6. Many times each day
15. How often does your child see adults or other teenagers in your
house physically fighting with or hitting or otherwise trying to
physically hurt each other?
_____0. Never
_____1. Less than once a week
_____2. About once or twice a week
_____3. About three to six times a week
_____4. About once a day
_____5. Several times each day
_____6. Many times each day
16. When you agree on a firm rule regarding something your child
will do, how often do you follow up to make sure that the child does
it?
_____0. Never
_____1. Some, but less than a quarter of the time
_____2. Between a quarter and half the time
_____3. Between half and three quarters of the time
_____4. Not all the time, but more than three quarters of the time
_____5. All the time
17. How often do you check your child's homework, or help your
child with homework, teach your child some academic subject, or do
some academic work together?
_____0. Never
_____1. Less than once a month
_____2. More than once a month and less than once a week
_____3. Once or twice a week
_____4. More than twice a week but less than once a day
_____5. Once a day
_____6. More than once a day
18. How often is your child able to get his or her way by getting very
loud or angry or whining or acting very unpleasant?
_____0. Never
_____1. Less than once a week
_____2. About once or twice a week
_____3. About three to six times a week
_____4. About once a day
_____5. Several times each day
_____6. Many times each day
19. How often do you tell your child you may leave him or her, or get
him or her to leave, if he or she doesn't behave better?
_____0. Never
_____1. Less than once a week

_____2. About once or twice a week


_____3. About three to six times a week
_____4. About once a day
_____5. Several times each day
_____6. Many times each day
20. How often do you teach your child about ethics or values or how
to live well; for example religious or moral discussions? (Lectures
given to the child in response to his or her misbehavior do not
count.)
_____0. Never
_____1. Less than once a month
_____2. More than once a month and less than once a week
_____3. Once or twice a week
_____4. More than twice a week but less than once a day
_____5. Once a day
_____6. More than once a day
21. How often do you or does someone else tell the child that he is
bad or that he is not as good as
_____0. Never
_____1. Less than once a week
_____2. About once or twice a week
_____3. About three to six times a week
_____4. About once a day
_____5. Several times each day
_____6. Many times each day
22. How often does the child see an adult in the house raise his
voice in anger at some other adult in the house?
_____0. Never
_____1. Less than once a week
_____2. About once or twice a week
_____3. About three to six times a week
_____4. About once a day
_____5. Several times each day
_____6. Many times each day
23. How often does the child see an adult in the house do something
kind, friendly, or very much appreciated by another adult in the
house?
_____0. Never
_____1. Less than once a week
_____2. About once or twice a week
_____3. About three to six times a week
_____4. About once a day
_____5. Several times each day
_____6. Many times each day
24. To what extent have you made any effort to communicate with
parents of your children's peers regarding standards for behavior

for the peer group as a whole, regarding such issues as alcohol or


drug use, sexuality, and so forth?
____0. This option has not occurred to me.
_____1. This option has occurred to me, but I have not done anything
about it.
_____2. I have chatted with other parents about such issues, but not
with the aim of organizing parents to set standards for their children.
_____3. I have mentioned to other parents the idea of organizing to set
standards for our children, but it has gone no farther than this.
_____4. I have mentioned organizing to set standards for children, and
have had conversations about setting standards, but no concrete
decisions have been made by a group of parents.
_____5. I have had concrete conversations with parents of one or two
peers, with concrete decisions about standards for children's behavior.
_____6. I have had concrete conversations with parents of three or
more peers, with concrete decisions about standards for children's
behavior.
Positive items:
1,4,5,7,8,10,11,14,16,17,20,23,24
Negative items:
2,3,6,9,12,13,15,18,19,21,22
We score this test by adding all items after subtracting the score for each
negative item from 6. This scoring convention makes a larger number more
favorable for each item. An equivalent alternative is to add the scores of the
positive items, subtract the scores of the negative items, and then add a
correction of six times the number of negative items.
Used with permission: Strayhorn, JM, and Weidman, CS: A parent practices
scale, and its relation to parent and child mental health. Journal of the
American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, 27:613-618, 1988.

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