The test-retest stability of the five minute speech sample in parents of disadvantaged, minority children.
The test-retest stability of the Five Minute Speech Sample, a brief measure of Expressed Emotion (EE), was established in a community sample of predominantly low income, ethnic minority families with children aged from 3 to 14 years. Significant stability was established when Borderline responses were included in the scoring. There was some interchange between High-EE and Borderline-EE, but none of the time one Low-EE respondent gave a second speech sample that included a higher level of EE. Both English and Spanish speaking subjects had stable scores.
Developmental Epidemiology Research Unit, Judge Baker Children's Center, Boston, MA 02115.
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D000293:Adolescent; D000342:Affective Symptoms / Q000523:psychology; D001900:Boston; D002648:Child; D002653:Child Behavior Disorders / Q000523:psychology; D002675:Child, Preschool; D004644:Emotions; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007859:Learning Disabilities / Q000523:psychology; D008297:Male; D008913:Minority Groups / Q000523:psychology*; D009034:Mother-Child Relations; D010552:Personality Assessment / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D011594:Psychometrics; D011610:Psychosocial Deprivation; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D015406:Single Parent / Q000523:psychology; D014705:Verbal Behavior