<p>There are a lot of parenting style questionnaires. Without knowing what dimensions of parenting style are of key interest, how long you want the questionnaire to be (e.g., trade-offs between validity, reliability with ease) and such, it's hard to recommend a particular one. You can see several from the parent perspective here: <a href="https://www.google.co.uk/search?q=parenting+style+questionnaire" rel="nofollow noreferrer">https://www.google.co.uk/search?q=parenting+style+questionnaire</a></p>

<p>As to regulations, you may need to contact the authors or journal about whether the scale is permissible for commercial use. I've only ever used scales for academic use.</p>

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I'd like a scientifically verified questionnaire, the shorter the better, intended for parents, with the dimensions being authoritative, authoritarian, permissive, and neglectful. Could you recommend one, or even several?
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@TinMan - Asking for recommendations is asking for someone's opinion on the best one to use and that is off-topic here.  I believe the answer given here is the best that can be given as far as I can see without going outside the scope of this site, but I could be wrong. As for scientific validity, when I click on the link provided it gives one for parents via researchgate.
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<p>I'm working on a master's thesis in UX design that I might want to turn into a commercial project later on. The subject matter is use of Nonviolent Communication (NVC) in parenting.</p>

<p>For the research phase, as part of a screener, I want to get a sense of a person's parenting style. I've been looking for questionnaires on evaluating parenting styles and found the <a href="https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16370893" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Parental Authority Questionnaire</a>.</p>

<p>However, this questionnaire was made to be evaluated by children, not by the parents themselves. Is there an alternate questionnaire for them? Would I be able to use its questions in my screener? What are the regulations regarding using questions from a different questionnaire?</p>

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I also found a shorter version, which I'd actually prefer to use: http://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/sbp/sbp/2011/00000039/00000009/art00005;jsessionid=ryj09h5yv3lg.x-ic-live-01
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Free-to-use parenting style questionnaire
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# Free-to-use parenting style questionnaire

(Asked by: username_0 on 2018-10-20)

I'm working on a master's thesis in UX design that I might want to turn into a commercial project later on. The subject matter is use of Nonviolent Communication (NVC) in parenting.

For the research phase, as part of a screener, I want to get a sense of a person's parenting style. I've been looking for questionnaires on evaluating parenting styles and found the [Parental Authority Questionnaire](https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16370893).

However, this questionnaire was made to be evaluated by children, not by the parents themselves. Is there an alternate questionnaire for them? Would I be able to use its questions in my screener? What are the regulations regarding using questions from a different questionnaire?

**Tags:** measurement, personality, psychology, parenting

> **Comments:**
> **username_0**: I also found a shorter version, which I'd actually prefer to use: http://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/sbp/sbp/2011/00000039/00000009/art00005;jsessionid=ryj09h5yv3lg.x-ic-live-01  

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## 1 answers

### Answer by username_1 on 2018-11-01. Score: 1

There are a lot of parenting style questionnaires. Without knowing what dimensions of parenting style are of key interest, how long you want the questionnaire to be (e.g., trade-offs between validity, reliability with ease) and such, it's hard to recommend a particular one. You can see several from the parent perspective here: <https://www.google.co.uk/search?q=parenting+style+questionnaire>

As to regulations, you may need to contact the authors or journal about whether the scale is permissible for commercial use. I've only ever used scales for academic use.

> **Comments:**
> **username_0**: I'd like a scientifically verified questionnaire, the shorter the better, intended for parents, with the dimensions being authoritative, authoritarian, permissive, and neglectful. Could you recommend one, or even several?  
> **username_2**: @TinMan - Asking for recommendations is asking for someone's opinion on the best one to use and that is off-topic here.  I believe the answer given here is the best that can be given as far as I can see without going outside the scope of this site, but I could be wrong. As for scientific validity, when I click on the link provided it gives one for parents via researchgate.  

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