Parenting Journal · Volume 2 · Issue 1 · Licensed source edition
Validation of a measure of parental responsiveness: Comparison of the brief Parental Responsiveness Rating Scale with a detailed measure of responsive parental behaviours
Originally published 2021-02-25 · Journal of Child Health Care
SAGE Publications · DOI 10.1177/1367493521996489 ↗
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Can a short observation tell us what a responsive exchange looks like?
The study compares a brief rating tool with another measure in the same parent-child play sessions.
Who was studied?
Parents and children observed during free play at a health review
Age / stage: Approximately 27 months
Read with three questions
- Can a short observation tell us what a responsive exchange looks like?
- What evidence supports the reliability and validity of the measure for these particular respondents?
- Which features of the study population (parents and children observed during free play at a health review) would matter when applying the findings in another setting?
Keep the limits in view
Thirty dyads were observed for eight minutes at the 27-month health review. Agreement between instruments in one play session does not establish behavior across other settings.
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Sarah Ellen Barnett; Penny Levickis; Cristina McKean; Carolyn Letts; Helen Stringer (2021). Validation of a measure of parental responsiveness: Comparison of the brief Parental Responsiveness Rating Scale with a detailed measure of responsive parental behaviours Journal of Child Health Care. https://doi.org/10.1177/1367493521996489
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