title: Family interaction in the home. Development of a new coding system.
abstract: The Home Interaction Scoring System (HISS) is a recently developed observational coding system allowing for the systematic description of naturalistic family interaction. After discussing the importance of naturalistic observation procedures, we present a brief review of several coding systems that have been developed for this purpose. Based on our evaluation of the strengths and weaknesses of these systems, our rationale for developing a new system is presented, followed by a detailed discussion of the current status of the HISS. In a final section, we discuss a number of in-progress and planned analyses of the HISS relevant to the instrument's value in the assessment of family process.
authors.affiliation: Family Research Center, Palo Alto V.A. Medical Center, CA 94304, USA.
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Jacob
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Tennenbaum
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Bargiel
authors.forename: R A
authors.initials: RA
authors.lastname: Seilhamer
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000437:Alcoholism / Q000523:psychology; D002648:Child; D016241:Child of Impaired Parents / Q000523:psychology; D003866:Depressive Disorder / Q000523:psychology; D005190:Family / Q000523:psychology*; D005196:Family Therapy; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D016487:Parenting / Q000523:psychology; D010552:Personality Assessment / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D011594:Psychometrics; D015203:Reproducibility of Results