Related Publications

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

The Good Enough Parenting programme is grounded in evidence-based research. These articles provide a jumping-off point for further reading on the subject.

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

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

Louis, J. P., & Louis, K. M. (2020). Good enough parenting (Second edition): A schema therapy parenting programme. Singapore: Louis Counselling & Training Services Pte. Ltd.

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. doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0205605

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). Assessmentdoi:10.1177/1073191118798464

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. doi:10.1037/pas0000567

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

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.

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