Validation of a short version of the maternal behavior Q-set applied to a brief video record of mother-infant interaction.
A 25 item version of the maternal behavior Q-set (MBQS) was validated with 40 adolescent mother-infant dyads. Observations were made from 10 min play interactions when infants were 10 months old. Results show that the short MBQS is reliable (r(i)=.94), is related to assessments using the full MBQS at 6 months (r=.35), to cognitive development at 10 and 15 months (r=.48), and attachment security at 15 months (r=.34), indicating appropriate psychometric characteristics.
Tarabulsy
George M
GM
Ecole de psychologie, Groupe de recherche sur l'inadaptation psychosociale chez l'enfant, Université Laval, Québec, Canada. George.Tarabulsy@psy.ulaval.ca
Provost
Marc A
MA
Bordeleau
Stéphanie
S
Trudel-Fitzgerald
Claudia
C
Moran
Greg
G
Pederson
David R
DR
Trabelsi
Myriam
M
Lemelin
Jean-Pascal
JP
Pierce
Tamarha
T
D000293:Adolescent; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008137:Longitudinal Studies; D008297:Male; D008425:Maternal Behavior / Q000523:psychology*; D009034:Mother-Child Relations; D011594:Psychometrics / Q000379:methods; D011779:Q-Sort; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D013997:Time Factors; D014741:Video Recording / Q000379:methods; D055815:Young Adult