Thin slice sampling of video footage for mother/child interaction: application to single cases

The purpose was to test the reliability of short samples of parent/child interaction for use in single-subject research. Four variable pairs of mother/child behaviour were coded for seven mother/child play sessions. Each session lasted 20 min and 18 min of the session was behaviourally coded using f...

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Main Authors: James, Deborah M., Wadnerkar, Meghana B., Lam-Cassettari, Christa, Kang, Sujin, Telling, Anna L.
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author James, Deborah M.
Wadnerkar, Meghana B.
Lam-Cassettari, Christa
Kang, Sujin
Telling, Anna L.
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Lam-Cassettari, Christa
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description The purpose was to test the reliability of short samples of parent/child interaction for use in single-subject research. Four variable pairs of mother/child behaviour were coded for seven mother/child play sessions. Each session lasted 20 min and 18 min of the session was behaviourally coded using frame-by-frame analysis. The co-occurrence of the mother/child behaviours within a given time window was computed and an odds ratio was calculated for the co-occurrence of the targeted behaviours. The play session was divided into shorter segments (3, 6 and 9 min) and odds ratios of the variable pairs from the shorter segments were compared to the odds ratios from the entire session. Segments of 3 and 6 min did not yield the same pattern of results as the entire session. In single-subject research, evidence of the reliability of the time segment for behavioural coding should be reported in the methods section of original research manuscripts.
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spelling nottingham-26392020-05-04T20:21:22Z https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/2639/ Thin slice sampling of video footage for mother/child interaction: application to single cases James, Deborah M. Wadnerkar, Meghana B. Lam-Cassettari, Christa Kang, Sujin Telling, Anna L. The purpose was to test the reliability of short samples of parent/child interaction for use in single-subject research. Four variable pairs of mother/child behaviour were coded for seven mother/child play sessions. Each session lasted 20 min and 18 min of the session was behaviourally coded using frame-by-frame analysis. The co-occurrence of the mother/child behaviours within a given time window was computed and an odds ratio was calculated for the co-occurrence of the targeted behaviours. The play session was divided into shorter segments (3, 6 and 9 min) and odds ratios of the variable pairs from the shorter segments were compared to the odds ratios from the entire session. Segments of 3 and 6 min did not yield the same pattern of results as the entire session. In single-subject research, evidence of the reliability of the time segment for behavioural coding should be reported in the methods section of original research manuscripts. Springer Verlag 2012-09 Article PeerReviewed James, Deborah M., Wadnerkar, Meghana B., Lam-Cassettari, Christa, Kang, Sujin and Telling, Anna L. (2012) Thin slice sampling of video footage for mother/child interaction: application to single cases. Journal of Psychopathology and Behavioral Assessment, 34 (3). pp. 351-360. ISSN 0882-2689 Video Mother Child Interaction Microanalysis Contingency Sequential Analysis Thin Slice Sampling http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3427477/ doi:10.1007/s10862-012-9282-9 doi:10.1007/s10862-012-9282-9
spellingShingle Video
Mother Child Interaction
Microanalysis
Contingency
Sequential Analysis
Thin Slice Sampling
James, Deborah M.
Wadnerkar, Meghana B.
Lam-Cassettari, Christa
Kang, Sujin
Telling, Anna L.
Thin slice sampling of video footage for mother/child interaction: application to single cases
title Thin slice sampling of video footage for mother/child interaction: application to single cases
title_full Thin slice sampling of video footage for mother/child interaction: application to single cases
title_fullStr Thin slice sampling of video footage for mother/child interaction: application to single cases
title_full_unstemmed Thin slice sampling of video footage for mother/child interaction: application to single cases
title_short Thin slice sampling of video footage for mother/child interaction: application to single cases
title_sort thin slice sampling of video footage for mother/child interaction: application to single cases
topic Video
Mother Child Interaction
Microanalysis
Contingency
Sequential Analysis
Thin Slice Sampling
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