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Parental Identity Questionnaire (CBIRAI) Test

Understand how strongly you identify with your parenting role and responsibilities in about 14 minutes. Get clear, research-based insight to guide counseling, reduce stress, and spot role conflicts.

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October 2, 2025

October 2, 2025
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How the Scales are Structured

example score

3/5

Self as Seen by Spouse (SaSbS)

Measures how much the respondent feels their spouse recognizes and supports them in the provider role.

Doubts about recognition

Mixed/unclear recognition

Feels recognized and supported

1 – 2.72: Doubts about recognition | 2.73 – 3.87: Mixed/unclear recognition | 3.88 – 5: Feels recognized and supported

A score of 3 suggests a moderate level, meaning the respondent experiences their spouse’s view of them as a provider as somewhat positive but not consistently clear or affirming.

example score

3/5

Spouse (S)

Assesses the extent to which the respondent views their spouse as the primary financial provider for the family.

Low spouse breadwinner role

Moderate spouse breadwinner role

High spouse breadwinner role

1 – 1.86: Low spouse breadwinner role | 1.87 – 3.57: Moderate spouse breadwinner role | 3.58 – 5: High spouse breadwinner role

A score of 3 indicates a moderate perception that the spouse contributes to the family’s financial support, alongside other sources or shared responsibility.

example score

3/5

Own (O)

Assesses how strongly the respondent identifies with the family breadwinner role and responsibility for financial support.

Low identification

Moderate identification

High identification

1 – 2.56: Low identification | 2.57 – 4.44: Moderate identification | 4.45 – 5: High identification

A score of 3 indicates a moderate identification with the breadwinner role, suggesting financial provider responsibilities are present but not central to the respondent’s parental self-concept.

example score

3/5

Self as Seen by Spouse (SaSbS)

Measures how positively and supportively a person believes their spouse views them in their parental role.

Doubts about partner’s view

Mixed/uncertain partner’s view

Confident in partner’s positive view

1 – 2.82: Doubts about partner’s view | 2.83 – 3.54: Mixed/uncertain partner’s view | 3.55 – 5: Confident in partner’s positive view

A score of 3 falls in the mixed/uncertain range, suggesting you feel some support from your spouse but also have lingering doubts about how positively they see you as a parent.

example score

3/5

Spouse (S)

Assesses how positively the respondent evaluates their spouse’s parental identity and involvement in childcare.

Skeptical/Critical

Mixed/Moderate

Positive

1 – 2.71: Skeptical/Critical | 2.72 – 3.61: Mixed/Moderate | 3.62 – 5: Positive

A score of 3 falls in the Mixed/Moderate range, suggesting an overall balanced view of the spouse as a parent with some reservations or variability in perceived involvement.

example score

3/5

Self (S)

Measures how strongly a person identifies with the parental role in caring for their child.

Low identification

High identification

1 – 3.99: Low identification | 4 – 5: High identification

A score of 3 indicates lower parental-role identification, suggesting the caregiving parent role may be less fully integrated into the person’s self-concept at this time.

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DATA-BASED USER COHORTS

Who Usually Takes This Test?

New and expecting parents

41%OF USERS

People preparing for or adjusting to a first (or new) child who want to understand how strongly they identify with the caregiving and provider roles.

Stressed or conflicted parents

34%OF USERS

Mothers or fathers feeling guilt, overwhelm, or tension at home who want to pinpoint where their expectations of being a parent clash with daily reality.

Counseling and family therapy clients

25%OF USERS

Parents in therapy or relationship counseling who need a clear picture of how parental identity shapes their behavior, priorities, and interactions with children.

BASED ON AGGREGATED, ANONYMIZED DATA FROM TENS OF THOUSANDS OF FREUDLY USERS.

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important in the eyes of the spouse (iiteots)

Average

3.1

Normal range

2.5 — 3.7

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wife (w)

Average

2.4

Normal range

1.8 — 2.9

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own (o)

Average

2.8

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2.1 — 3.5

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one's own in the spouse's eyes (ooitse)

Average

3.5

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2.7 — 4.2

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wife (w)

Average

2.5

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1.8 — 3.1

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own (o)

Average

3.9

Normal range

3.2 — 4.6

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SAMPLE QUESTIONS

Example Questions From the Test

The questionnaire consists of six sections of statements. Please indicate the extent to which you agree or disagree with each statement. Additional information specifying whom each section refers to will be provided at the beginning of each section.

- Strongly disagree
- Disagree
- Not sure
- Agree
- Strongly agree
- Strongly disagree
- Disagree
- Not sure
- Agree
- Strongly agree
- Not important at all
- Not very important
- Important
- Very important
- Extremely important

These are 3 of the 72 real questions — the rest appear in the test. No sign-up needed to start.

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WHAT THE TEST MEASURES

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Parental Identity Questionnaire (CBIRAI) Test - Symptoms and Signs

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motherhood

The measure assesses how parents perceive and internalize their role within the family system. The Parental Identity Questionnaire (CBIRAI) is used to characterize the degree to which caregiving and provider roles are integrated into self-concept and reflected in attitudes toward parenting responsibilities.

It consists of 72 items and typically requires about 14 minutes to complete. Findings may be used to inform clinical formulation or research focused on parental role identification, role strain, and areas of alignment or discrepancy between perceived expectations and lived parenting experience.

The Parental Identity Questionnaire (CBIRAI) can be administered with mothers or fathers when a brief, structured self-report is needed to describe individual differences in parental identity and related role orientation.

Author: James Marcia

Literature: Pleck, J. H. Paternal involvement: Levels, sources, and consequences. In M. E. Lamb (Ed.), The role of the father in child development. Wiley. 2010.