A short online parenting skills check for parents of children ages 5–12
Refining the Measurement of Parenting
This project creates a brief online questionnaire that helps understand effective parenting for parents and guardians of school‑age children.
Quick facts
| Grant type | R01 grant |
|---|---|
| Study type | NIH-funded research |
| Funding institution | University of Pittsburgh at Pittsburgh NIH-funded |
| Lab location | 1 site (Pittsburgh, United States) |
| Project ID | NIH-11251604 on NIH RePORTER |
What this research studies
You would read 15 short parenting scenarios and choose how you would respond, all online and designed to be quick and low‑cost. The team will refine an existing tool (the KEPT) so questions are fair across cultures, resistant to socially desirable answers, and sensitive enough to pick up real change over time. Researchers will test the tool with diverse groups of parents and use statistical methods to set norms and improve accuracy. The goal is a reliable, easy way to track parenting skills that can be used in clinics and research.
Who could benefit from this research
Good fit: Ideal participants are parents or guardians of children about 5 to 12 years old who are willing to complete brief online parenting scenarios or surveys.
Not a fit: Parents of children outside the 5–12 age range or people seeking immediate clinical treatment for severe child psychiatric crises are unlikely to benefit directly from this measurement project.
Why it matters
Potential benefit: If successful, parents and clinicians could use a short, trustworthy questionnaire to spot parenting strengths and areas that might help a child’s behavior and development.
How similar studies have performed: This project builds on about 10 years of prior work on the KEPT tool and earlier pilot funding that showed promise, but further refinement and validation are still needed.
Where this research is happening
Pittsburgh, United States
- University of Pittsburgh at Pittsburgh — Pittsburgh, United States (Active)
Researchers
- Principal investigator: Lindhiem, Oliver James — University of Pittsburgh at Pittsburgh
- Study coordinator: Lindhiem, Oliver James
About this research
- This is an active NIH-funded research project — typically early-stage science, not a clinical trial accepting patient enrollment.
- Some NIH-funded labs run parallel clinical studies or seek volunteers for related work. To check, contact the principal investigator or institution listed above.
- For full project details, budget, and progress reports, visit the official NIH RePORTER page below.