Protocol for the Adaptation of a Direct Observational Measure of Parent-Child Interaction for Use With 7–8-Year-Old Children

Frontiers in Psychology

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Shannon K. Bennetts¹  Jasmine Love¹  Elizabeth M. Westrupp¹  Naomi J. Hackworth¹  Fiona K. Mensah²  Jan M. Nicholson¹  Penny Levickis² 

[1] Judith Lumley Centre, La Trobe University;Murdoch Children’s Research Institute;School of Psychology, Deakin University;Department of Paediatrics, The University of Melbourne;Parenting Research Centre;Melbourne Graduate School of Education, The University of Melbourne

关键词: parent-child interaction;    observation;    measurement;    sensitive responding;    positive mutuality;    parent responsiveness;    parent sensitivity;   

DOI  :  10.3389/fpsyg.2020.619336

学科分类：社会科学、人文和艺术（综合）

来源: Frontiers

【 摘 要 】

Objective Parenting sensitivity and mutual parent-child attunement are key features of environments that support children’s learning and development. To-date, observational measures of these constructs have focused on children aged 2–6 years and are less relevant to the more sophisticated developmental skills of children aged 7–8 years, despite parenting being equally important at these ages. We undertook a rigorous process to adapt an existing observational measure for 7–8-year-old children and their parents. This paper aimed to: (i) describe a protocol for adapting an existing framework for rating parent-child interactions, (ii) determine variations in parents’ sensitive responding and parent-child mutual attunement (‘positive mutuality’) by family demographics, and (iii) evaluate the psychometric properties of the newly developed measure (i.e., inter-rater reliability, construct validity).

【 授权许可】

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