• Parenting Attitudes about Raising Teens Inventory (PARTI 1.0)

    Parenting Attitudes about Raising Teens Inventory (PARTI 1.0)

  • - PARTI for Parents (Adults) - Stephen J. Bavolek, Ph.D. and Richard G. Keene, Ph.D.

  • This inventory can only be scored online at AssessingParenting.com

  • Check One:
  • 1. Date Inventory was administered*
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  • Directions: Please circle the letter of your responses in each item AND write the letter in the spaces provided. For example, for item #6, if you are Female, circle the letter b or d, and write the letter i the space provided. Answer all the items.

  • 6. Gender*
  • 7. Race/Nationality:*
  • 8. Marital Status:*
  • 9. Do you have children of your own:*
  • 10. Highest grade you completed:*
  • 11. Current Employment-School status:*
  • 12. Are you currently a parent of a teen?*
  • Annual Household Income:*
  • 14. As a child, did you experience any type of physical, emotional or sexual abuse by someone OUTSIDE of your family?*
  • As a child, did you experience any type of physical, emotional or sexual abuse by a person INSIDE your family?*

  • Parenting Attitudes about Raising Teens Inventory (PARTI 1.0)

    Directions: There are 40 statements about being a teenager and all the issues teens constantly face. Pressure comes from within, from their peers, from media, from schools and lastly from their parents or other adults. Read each statement and circle the response you feel best represents your beliefs. If you have very Strong beliefs about some items, circle either SA for strongly agree or SD for strongly disagree. If you have more mild beliefs where you can both agree and disagree with some items at different times, circle A for mildly agreeing or D for mildly disagreeing. If you can't decide if you agree or disagree circle U Uncertain.

    Please respond to all the statements.

  • SA= Strongly Agree A=Agree D=Disagree SD=Strongly Disagree U=Uncertain

  • 1.Teens should always obey their parents
  • 2. Parents Should be able to share their secrets with their teens.
  • 3. Teens are just hard to get along with.
  • 4. Parents should respect the privacy of their teens social media and networking
  • 5. Friends are more important to teens than their parents.
  • 6. Parents have a moral obligation to prohibit their teen from getting offensive tattoos.
  • 7. Parents need to push their teens to do better.
  • 8. Teens should be encouraged to explore their sexuality.
  • 9. It's natural for teens to experiment with drinking and drugs.
  • 10. Curfew should be set by the parent and teens need to comply.
  • 11. Teens have a responsibility to please their parents.
  • 12. Parents should expect teens to help pay the bills.
  • 13. Grounding teens is an effective form of punishment.
  • 14. It's OK for single parents to consider their teen son/daughter as their best friend.
  • 15. Strict discipline is the best way to raise teens.
  • 16. Teens should be responsible for their younger brothers and sisters
  • 17. A teen brain needs between 9 to 10 hours of sleep a night.
  • 18. Scientists think that teenage defiance is learned. It is not natural.
  • 19. If a teen says he is gay he just needs to meet the right girl.
  • 20. It's OK for teens to disobey their parents.
  • 21. A certain amount of fear is necessary for teens to respect their parents.
  • 22. Teens should comfort their parents after the parents argue.
  • 23. Parents need to know where their teens are at all times.
  • 24. Having sex as a teen is the beginning of trouble.
  • 25. A good teen would never talk back to his/her parents.
  • 26. Strong-willed teens create power struggles with parents.
  • 27. Transgender teens never had proper male and female role models.
  • 28. If she is old enough to have sex, she is old enough to care for the baby.
  • 29. Sex is for married adults, not unmarried teens.
  • 30. Rebelling is an important part of being a teenager.
  • 31. Teens should be obedient to all authority figures.
  • 32. Teens are just naturally self-centered.
  • 33. AIDS is one good reason teens should not have sex.
  • 34. Parents and teens need to work together in establishing discipline.
  • 35. Give up control and teens will walk all over you.
  • 36. If you love your daughter, you will punish her when she misbehaves.
  • 37. Teens should cooperate with their parents rather than obey them.
  • 38. Parents should meet each other before their teens begin to date.
  • 39. Teens usually behave like their parents.
  • 40. Girls have sex to be popular.
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  • Should be Empty: