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THE PARENTAL BONDING INSTRUMENT By Professor Gordon Parker
School of Psychiatry, University of New South Wales and Mood Disorders Unit, Black Dog Institute, Prince of Wales Hospital, Sydney, Australia.

The following is an ANNOTATED BIBLIOGRAPHY of PBI research. It contains a review and summary of studies using the PBI from 1979 – 1998. This article is a draft of a working document inprogress, and has been made available to members of the research community interested in PBI research.

Table of Contents
DEFINING THE PBI SCALES ........................................................................................................................... 2 Shortened Forms of the PBI :........................................................................................................................ 4 SOCIODEMIOGRAPHIC INFLUENCES ON PBI SCALE SCORES ................................................................ 5 SCORING ISSUES ............................................................................................................................................ 7 RELIABILITY STUDIES..................................................................................................................................... 8 VALIDITY ......................................................................................................................................................... 12 Validity of retrospective reports of early memories ...................................................................................... 16 Mood............................................................................................................................................................ 17 Personality and trait characteristics ................................................................................................................. 19 Marital....................................................................................................................................................... 20 Social support ........................................................................................................................................... 22 Construct validity - Short form PBI ........................................................................................................... 24 ANXIETY STUDIES......................................................................................................................................... 24 DEPRESSION STUDIES ................................................................................................................................ 27 MIXED ANXIETY/DEPRESSION STUDIES ................................................................................................... 43AGORAPHOBIA .......................................................................................................................................... 43 SOCIAL PHOBIA ......................................................................................................................................... 44 OBSESSIVE-COMPULSIVE DISORDER................................................................................................... 44 GENETIC STUDIES ........................................................................................................................................ 45 ABNORMAL ILLNESS BEHAVIOUR .............................................................................................................. 45 ADOLESCENT DELINQUENCY..................................................................................................................... 46 SCHIZOPHRENIA ........................................................................................................................................... 48 PERSONALITY DISORDER ........................................................................................................................... 52 PERSONALITY...