Inventory of Parent Experiences
Abstract: The Inventory of Parent Experiences is a 38-item measure that explores a parent's social support network and assesses satisfaction with parenting. The Inventory has two parts: Social Support and Parenting Satisfaction.
- The Social Support items characterize the parent's support network, including: size of the network, types of network members, closeness of the parent's relationships, quality and stability of the spousal/partner relationship, helpfulness of network members, effect of the parent's job on family life, and frequency of the parent's own social opportunities.
- The Parenting Satisfaction items assess satisfaction with the parent's social life, support network, and "life situation," including: the parent's amount of social contact, amount of household responsibility, parenting chores, personal relationships, availability of parenting support, the effect of employment on other parts of the parent's life, and the parent's life in general.
Who Completed this Measure?: Parent
Cohort 1 - Administrative History
- Year 01 | K | age 6
- Year 02 | grade 1 | age 7
- Year 03 | grade 2 | age 8
- Year 05 | grade 4 | age 10
- Year 06 | grade 5 | age 11
Cohort 2 - Administrative History
- Year 01 | K | age 6
- Year 02 | grade 1 | age 7
- Year 03 | grade 2 | age 8
- Year 05 | grade 4 | age 10
- Year 06 | grade 5 | age 11
Cohort 3 - Administrative History
- Year 01 | K | age 6
- Year 02 | grade 1 | age 7
- Year 03 | grade 2 | age 8
- Year 05 | grade 4 | age 10
- Year 06 | grade 5 | age 11
Technical Reports:
Raw Dataset Name: PyH
Scored Dataset Name: IPEySPc
Keywords:
Community Involvement, Family Relations, Parental satisfaction, Parenting Skills, Social Support Network, Work Situation
Is this Measure Available for Public Use?: Yes
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Measure Items and Scales:
| COHORT | Cohort |
| SITECODE | Actual Code Number on Form |
| TCID | Study ID Number |
| YEAR | Year of Participation |
| INTID | Interviewer ID Number |
| P2HPE1 | How many professional persons (nurses, doctors, social workers, others) could you talk to if you have a problem with your child? |
| P2HPE2 | If sometime you were to have bad or angry feelings about your child, how many people could you talk to about this? |
| P2HPE3 | If you were to have a minor problem with your child, how many people (friends or family) could you talk to, whose advise you trust? |
| P2HPE4 | How much time do you get for yourself each day? Do not count time working, cleaning, or in school. |
| P2HPE5 | About how much time were you away from your child in the past two weeks, for social reasons (for example, going to movies or sporting events; visiting friends? |
| P2HPE6 | In a typical week, about how many times do you talk on the phone with your friends? |
| P2HPE7 | When you are happy is there someone you can share it with - someone who will be happy just because you are? |
| P2HPE8 | Do you have family in the area? |
| P2HPE91 | Who are your family members living in the area: Your parents |
| P2HPE92 | Who are your family members living in the area: Your partner’s parents |
| P2HPE93 | Who are your family members living in the area: Brothers or sisters |
| P2HPE94 | Who are your family members living in the area: Other (Who?) |
| P2HPE10 | How often do you talk with your parents on the phone? |
| P2HPE11 | How often do you visit in person with your parents? |
| P2HPE12 | How often do you talk to or visit with your in-laws or other family members? |
| P2HPE13 | Do you now have a relationship with a spouse or partner? Do you expect it will continue for the years to come? |
| P2HPE14 | How satisfied are you with your relationship with your partner? |
| P2HPE15 | How helpful are family members to you (as babysitters, sources of information, sympathetic ears?) |
| P2HPE16 | At present, do you have someone you can share your most private feelings with? |
| P2HPE17 | If employed, how involved are you with your co-workers? |
| P2HPE18 | If employed, how interested are your co-workers in your non-work |
| P2HPE19 | If employed, how does your present job or work situation affect other parts of your life (e.g. family responsibilities, leisure time)? |
| P6HPE20 | How satisfied are you with the availability of professional persons to talk to about your child? |
| P6HPE21 | How satisfied are you with the availability of people to talk to if you were to have bad or angry feelings about your child? |
| P6HPE22 | How satisfied are you with the availability of family or friends to talk to whose advice you trust? |
| P6HPE23 | How satisfied are you with the chores that are part of childcare (feeding, bathing, and cleaning up)? |
| P6HPE24 | How satisfied are you with your amount of household responsibility? |
| P6HPE25 | How satisfied are you with the amount of time you get to yourself? |
| P6HPE26 | How satisfied are you with the amount of time you are away from you child for social reasons? |
| P6HPE27 | How satisfied are you with your involvement in your neighborhood? |
| P6HPE28 | How satisfied are you with your involvement in organized groups (church, social, educational, sports) as a source of support for you? |
| P6HPE29 | How satisfied are you with the amount of phone contact you have with your friends? |
| P6HPE30 | How satisfied are you with the availability of someone to share with when you are happy/feeling good? |
| P6HPE31 | How satisfied are you with the availability of someone to share honestly with when you are upset or angry? |
| P6HPE32 | How satisfied are you with the amount of contact you have with your parents? |
| P6HPE33 | How satisfied are you with the amount of contact you have with in-laws or other relatives? |
| P6HPE34 | How satisfied are you with the amount of help family members provide? |
| P6HPE35 | How satisfied are you with the availability of someone to share your most private feelings with? |
| P6HPE36 | How satisfied are you with the amount of involvement you have with your co-workers? |
| P6HPE37 | How satisfied are you with the effect your work situation has on the other parts of your life? |
| P6HPE38 | How satisfied are you with your entire current life situation, when you take everything into consideration? |
| Site | Site Name |
| TREATMNT | Treatment Group (Interv/Cntl) |
| NORM | Members of Normative Sample |
| SEX | Sex |
| RACE | Race |
| inkey | inkey |
| SCOREtherecom | SCOREtherecom |
| Misscom | Misscom |
| SCORETHEREp | SCORETHEREp |
| Missp | Missp |
| ScoreTHEREFAM | ScoreTHEREFAM |
| Missfam | Missfam |
| p2hpecom | IPE - Community Satisfaction |
| p2hpefri | IPE - Friendship Satisfaction |
| p2hpefam | IPE - Family Satisfaction |
| scoretheresat | scoretheresat |
| misssat | misssat |
| p2hpesat | IPE - Parental Role Satisfaction |
| misslife | misslife |