title: Validation of a short version of the maternal behavior Q-set applied to a brief video record of mother-infant interaction.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Ecole de psychologie, Groupe de recherche sur l'inadaptation psychosociale chez l'enfant, Université Laval, Québec, Canada. George.Tarabulsy@psy.ulaval.ca
authors.forename: George M
authors.initials: GM
authors.lastname: Tarabulsy
authors.forename: Marc A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Provost
authors.forename: Stéphanie
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Bordeleau
authors.forename: Claudia
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Trudel-Fitzgerald
authors.forename: Greg
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Moran
authors.forename: David R
authors.initials: DR
authors.lastname: Pederson
authors.forename: Myriam
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Trabelsi
authors.forename: Jean-Pascal
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: Lemelin
authors.forename: Tamarha
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Pierce
mesh_terms: 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