Related Publications

Below are selected publications on the main concepts of Good Enough Parenting:

The concepts used in Good Enough Parenting programme are published on the following which provide support that it is research-based, as well as evidenced-based.

  1. Louis, J. P., Wood, A., Lockwood, G., Ho, M. H. R., & Ferguson, E. (2018). Positive Clinical Psychology and ST: The development of the Young Positive Schema Questionnaire (YPSQ) to complement the Young Schema Questionnaire (YSQ-S3). Psychological Assessment, 30(9), 1199–1213. https://doi:10.1037/pas0000567
  2. Louis, J. P., Wood, A., & Lockwood, G. (2018). Development and validation of the Positive Parenting Schema Inventory (PPSI) to complement the Young Parenting Inventory (YPI) for Schema Therapy (ST). Assessment. https://doi:10.1177/1073191118798464
  3. Louis, J. P., Wood, A., & Lockwood, G. (2018). Psychometric validation of the Young Parenting Inventory – Revised (YPI-R2): Replication and extension of a commonly used parenting scale in Schema Therapy (ST) research and practice. PLoS ONE. https://org/10.1371/journal.pone.0205605
  4. Louis, J. P., Davidson, A., Lockwood, G., & Wood, A. (2020). Positive perceptions of parenting and their links to theorized core emotional needs. Journal of  Child and Family Studieshttps://doi.org/10.1007/s10826-020-01807-0
  1. Louis J. P., Ortiz, V., Barlas, J., Lee, J. S., Lockwood, G., Chong, W. F., et al. (2021). The Good Enough Parenting early intervention schema therapy based program: Participant experience. PLoS ONE 16(1): e0243508. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0243508
  2. Louis J.P., & Louis, K. McD.,  (2021): The development of the love and respect marriage scale. Journal of Sex & Marital Therapy,                https://doi:10.1080/0092623X.2021.1963362
  3. Louis, J.P. The Young Parenting Inventory (YPI-R3), and the Baumrind, Maccoby and Martin Parenting Model: Finding Common Ground. Children, 2022, 9(2), 159. https://doi.org/10.3390/children9020159
  4. Louis J.P., Louis, K.M., & Young, A.M. Positive Schemas: Replication, Associations With Negative Schemas, and the Dark Triad. Psychological Reports. May 2022. https://doi:1177/00332941221100445
  5. Louis, J.P., Louis, K. M., & Lockwood, G. (2022). Development and Validation of the Young Parenting Inventory (YPI-R3) for Measuring Past Deviant and Normal Variations in Parenting. Children (Basel, Switzerland), 9(5), 706. https://doi.org/10.3390/children9050706.
  6. Louis, J. P., & Louis, K. M. (2022). Love and respect in the New Testament: Are husbands and wives really from different planets? Teleios, 2(2), 37-44.
  7. Louis, J. P. (2018). Clinical Psychology: Development of measures for Schema Therapy (doctoral thesis). University of Stirling, Stirling, United Kingdom. http://hdl.handle.net/1893/27350

Books

  1. Louis, J. P., & Louis, K. M. (2020). Good enough parenting (Second edition): A schema therapy parenting programme. Singapore: Louis Counselling & Training Services Pte. Ltd.
  2. Louis, J. P., & Louis, K. M. (2010). I choose us: A Christian perspective on building love connection in your marriage by breaking harmful cycles. Singapore: Louis Counselling & Training Services Pte. Ltd.
  3. Louis, J. P., & Louis, K. M. (2015). Good enough parenting: An in-depth perspective on meeting core emotional needs and avoiding exasperation. New York: Morgan James Publishing.
  4. Louis, J. P., & Louis, K. M. (2012). Good enough parenting: A Christian perspective on meeting core emotional needs and avoiding exasperation. Singapore: Louis Counselling & Training Services Pte. Ltd.

Articles

  1. Louis, J. P. (2022). ISST 25 April 2022 Bulletin. Schema therapy as a parenting tool: Schema therapy and parenting. International Society for Schema Therapy, Bad Vilbel, Germany. https://www.schematherapysociety.com/resources/Documents/Bulletin25_Apr22.pdf.
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