Effect of a reliability observer on the frequency of positive parent behavior recorded during naturalistic parent-child interactions |
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Authors: | Karen C Wells Robert J McMahon Rex Forehand Douglas L Griest |
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Institution: | (1) Psychology Department, University of Georgia, 30602 Athens, Georgia |
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Abstract: | The purpose of the present study was to examine the effect of the presence of a reliability observer on the number of positive parent behaviors recorded by a primary observer during naturalistic parent-child interactions. Thirty parents and their young clinic-referred children served as subjects. After two initial home observations, a reliability observer was present to record data in observation session 3, but not session 4, for one-half the subjects. For the remaining subjects the reliability observer was present in session 4 but not session 3. The results of a 2 × 2 analysis of variance indicated a group by session interaction which resulted from an increase in maternal attention to the child in the presence of a reliability observer. Hypotheses to explain the finding are presented and implications of the results are discussed.This research was supported in part by NIMH Grant MH28859-01. |
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Keywords: | parent-child interactions observer reliability parent observations |
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