Table 3.

The parent and child domain subscales of the EBI.

	Example item	α
Parent domain
Health	I don't have as much energy anymore to do things that I used to enjoy.	.85
Depression	I sometimes feel like it's actually my fault when my child does something wrong.	.81
Parental Attachment	It sometimes takes a while for parents to develop a feeling of closeness and warmth for their child.	.73
Parental Competence	Some things in raising my child are harder for me than I expected.	.81
Role Restriction	I sometimes feel constrained by the responsibilities of being a mother/father.	.85
Isolation	I don't have as much interest in other people as I used to.	.76
Spouse	Since I had the child, I don't do as much together with my partner.	.80
Child domain
Demandingness	I have the impression that my child needs more attention and care than other children.	.75
Acceptability	I sometimes have the impression that my child is not as open to other people as other children.	.52
Adaptability	My child often reacts very strongly when something happens that he doesn't like.	.78
Distractibility/Hyperactivity	I often feel exhausted because my child is so active.	.71
Mood	My child often wakes up already in a bad mood.	.80

Presented are the subscales of the EBI (10), each with an example item and the internal consistency (Cronbach's alpha).