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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2015 Jan 1.
Published in final edited form as: Am J Orthopsychiatry. 2014;84(1):95–109. doi: 10.1037/h0098946

Table 2.

Interview Questions Analyzed

Routines
  • 1)

    Can you tell me about a typical day with your children?

    • Probes: For instance, who usually wakes your children up in the morning, what time, how do they get to and from day care or school? When do you have meals? How are they prepared? When is bedtime? Are there any things you do with your children every day?

  • 2)

    How often are you/were you able to keep the routine you just described?

  • 3)

    How was your routine different in [each previous living situation]?

  • 4)

    Is there anything about your living situation that makes/made it difficult to carry out a typical day with your children? What are some of the biggest difficulties as you try to get these tasks done the way you plan? [Repeated for each previous living situation]

Challenges to Family Processes
  • 1)

    Some parents say there are things about their living situation that make it difficult to be a parent. Is there anything about your living situation that makes parenting difficult?

  • 2)

    Some parents say it is difficult to be a parent when…

    • a)

      … people are watching them all the time.

    • b)

      … they don't have any privacy from their children or with their partner.

    • c)

      … they have to follow rules of shelters or other housing programs.

    • d)

      … they have other people making rules for their children.

    Is this a problem for you and your family? How so? [Asked for each]

    What about in [each previous living situation]?

  • 3)

    Is there anything about your current living situation that makes it easier for you to be parent, compared to your previous living situations?