The coercive parenting scale measures the tendency to respond in a negative and restrictive manner to the child with a 7 - item scale: 1, I have been angry with my infant when he was particularly fussy; 2, I have raised my voice or
shouted at my infant when he was particularly fussy; 3, When my infant cries, he gets on my nerves; 4, I have spanked my infant when he was particularly fussy; 5, I have lost my temper when my infant was particularly fussy; 6, I have left my infant alone in his bedroom when he was particularly fussy; and 7, I have shaken my infant when he was particularly fussy.