Nurturing Parenting® Programs and Strengthening Families Programs

The Nurturing Parenting® Programs and Strengthening Families Programs are evaluated, in part, through the Adult Adolescent Parenting Inventory-2 (AAPI-2), which measures participants’ likelihood for child abuse or neglect in five constructs that are commonly found in abusive parenting. The constructs are: inappropriate expectations of children, lack of empathy, belief in corporal punishment, parent-child role reversal, and oppressing children’s power and independence. The AAPI-2 is a norm-referenced inventory. As such, raw scores are converted into “sten” or standard scores. The sten scores range from 1 to 10. Low sten scores (1 to 3) generally indicate a high risk for abusive parenting behaviors. High sten scores (7 to 10) indicate positive, nurturing parenting attitudes and a low risk for abuse. Sten scores in the 4 to 6 range represent a moderate risk for abuse.

Nurturing Parenting® Programs and Strengthening Families Programs