Parental Bonding Instrument (PBI)

Parker, G., Tupling, H., & Brown, L. B. (1979). A Parental Bonding Instrument. British Journal of Medical Psychology, 52, 1-10. https://psycnet.apa.org/doi/10.1111/j.2044-8341.1979.tb02487.x

Question number	Question	Original 25-item version	20-item version	24-item version
1	Spoke to me in a warm and friendly voice	✓	✓	✓
2	Did not help me as much as I needed	✓	✓	✓
3	Let me do those things I liked doing	✓	✓	✓
4	Seemed emotionally cold to me	✓	✓
5	Appeared to understand my problems and worries	✓	✓	✓
6	Was affectionate to me	✓	✓	✓
7	Liked to make my own decisions	✓		✓
8	Did not want me to grow up	✓		✓
9	Tried to control everything I did	✓	✓	✓
10	Invaded my privacy	✓	✓	✓
11	Enjoyed talking things over with me	✓	✓	✓
12	Frequently smiled at me	✓	✓	✓
13	Tended to baby me	✓		✓
14	Did not seem to understand what I needed or wanted	✓	✓	✓
15	Let me decide things for myself	✓		✓
16	Made me feel I wasn't wanted	✓	✓	✓
17	Could make me feel better when I was upset	✓	✓	✓
18	Did not talk with me very much	✓		✓
19	Tried to make me feel dependent on her/him	✓		✓
20	Felt I could not look after myself unless she/he was around	✓	✓	✓
21	Gave me as much freedom as I wanted	✓	✓	✓
22	Let me go out as often as I wanted	✓	✓	✓
23	Was overprotective of me	✓	✓	✓
24	Did not praise me	✓	✓	✓
25	Let me dress in any way I pleased	✓	✓	✓
Items which are not included in the original version
26	Talked things over with me		✓

Version	Study	Year	Questionnaire	Dataset
Original 25-item version	WCHADS	2017-2019	WCHADS Phase 14 Mother	-
Original 25-item version	WCHADS	2017-2019	WCHADS Phase 14 Partner	-
24-item version	NSHD	1989	1989 Self-Completion Questionnaire	1989 Self completion Questionnaire Dataset
20-item version	ALSPAC	1990-1993	About Yourself	ALSPAC About Yourself Questionnaire Dataset
20-item version	ALSPAC	-	Life at 27+	ALSPAC Life at 27+ Questionnaire Dataset