title: Validity of the Five Minute Speech Sample in families with infants from low-income backgrounds.
abstract: Caregivers of 169 infants from low-income and multi-ethnic backgrounds completed the Five Minute Speech Sample (FMSS). Validity of the FMSS was supported by demonstrating significant associations among positive and negative affect dimensions of the FMSS and other indices of the caregiving environment.
authors.affiliation: Marquette University, Department of Psychology, P.O. Box 1881, Milwaukee, WI 53201-1881, United States. Astrida.Kaugars@marquette.edu
authors.forename: Astrida Seja
authors.initials: AS
authors.lastname: Kaugars
authors.forename: Eric J
authors.initials: EJ
authors.lastname: Moody
authors.forename: Carey
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Dennis
authors.forename: Mary D
authors.initials: MD
authors.lastname: Klinnert
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D001290:Attitude; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D019260:Expressed Emotion; D005190:Family / Q000523:psychology*; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000523:psychology; D010287:Parent-Child Relations; D016487:Parenting; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors; D013060:Speech