Colorado Adolescent Rearing Inventory

Colorado Adolescent Rearing Interview (CARI):

The CARI interview is a detailed, self-reported, structured interview questioning abuse and/or neglect that an adolescent may have experienced. It is aimed at 13-19 year old boys and girls. The first section assesses neglect, the second section concerns antisocial/cruel and physical abuse and the third section asks about sexual abuse.

The development of this interview was supported by Grants DA006941 and DA011015 from the National Institute on Drug Abuse, National Institutes of Health, USPHS. The interview is in the public domain.

Contents:

Introduction to the CARI

CARI Instruction Manual and Full Interview with Answer Sheet

CARI Entry Template (excel file)

Shortened form of the CARI, the CARI-Questionnaire

Crowley, T.J., Mikulich, S.K., Ehlers, K., Hall, S., Whitmore, E. (2003). Discriminative validity and clinical utility of an abuse-neglect interview for adolescents with conduct and substance use problems. The American Journal of Psychiatry,160, 1461-1469.

*Note: Erin Parker is not an author of the CARI. She owns the figshare account used to upload the CARI documents and make them publicly available via a DOI.