Psychometrics and Validation of a Brief Rating Measure of Parent-Infant Interaction: Manchester Assessment of Caregiver-Infant Interaction

Autor/inn/en	Wan, Ming Wai; Brooks, Ami; Green, Jonathan; Abel, Kathryn; Elmadih, Alya
Titel	Psychometrics and Validation of a Brief Rating Measure of Parent-Infant Interaction: Manchester Assessment of Caregiver-Infant Interaction
Quelle	In: International Journal of Behavioral Development, 41 (2017) 4, S.542-549 (8 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0165-0254
DOI	10.1177/0165025416631835
Schlagwörter	Rating Scales; Parent Child Relationship; Infants; Interaction; Psychometrics; Test Validity; Test Reliability; Mothers; Interrater Reliability; Foreign Countries; Children; Cognitive Ability; Motor Development; Young Children; Handedness; Questionnaires; United Kingdom (London); United Kingdom (Manchester); Mullen Scales of Early Learning; Edinburgh Handedness Inventory + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Rating-Skala; Parents-child relationship; Parent-child-relation; Parent-child relationship; Eltern-Kind-Beziehung; Infant; Toddler; Toddlers; Kleinkind; Interaktion; Psychometry; Psychometrie; Testvalidität; Testreliabilität; Mother; Mutter; Interrater-Reliabilität; Ausland; Child; Kind; Kinder; Denkfähigkeit; Motorische Entwicklung; Frühe Kindheit; Linkshändigkeit; Fragebogen
Abstract	This study investigated the psychometrics of a recently developed global rating measure of videotaped parent-infant interaction, the "Manchester Assessment of Caregiver-Infant Interaction" (MACI), in a normative sample. Inter-rater reliability, stability over time, and convergent and discriminant validity were tested. Six-minute play interactions were blind-rated by trained coders in 147 healthy mother-infant dyads at 3-10 months postpartum using the MACI; 51% were re-assessed 4 or 7 months later. Infant cognitive functioning, language and temperament, parent-reported infant warmth and invasion, parental mood, and the parent's own recalled experiences of being parented were measured. We report the internal psychometrics of the MACI, evidence of stability as predicted, and inter-rater reliability. MACI caregiver sensitive responsiveness showed convergent validity with parental state of mind (mood at 3-4 months; report of own childhood care and overprotection), while MACI infant affect (but not the caregiver scales) was associated with parent-rated infant warmth. All MACI scales showed discriminant validity with concurrent cognitive and language developmental status, and most temperament dimensions. In conclusion, the MACI demonstrates utility, reliability and preliminary validity data in a normative sample, which complements previous work using the MACI. Follow-up is needed to test predictive validity. The findings inform further improvements to the tool, and may guide those looking for a relatively brief way to examine the global qualities of parent, infant and dyadic interaction. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01