Psychology Presentations
Title
Assessing Maternal Sensitivity from Videotaped Recordings: Validity and Practical Applications
Document Type
Presentation
Publication Date
3-2007
Abstract
This study examined the use of short, videotaped, mother-infant laboratory interactions instead of longer home visits to assess maternal sensitivity. Scores generated when toddlers were 24-months were found to be correlated with assessments of maternal sensitivity and attachment security from previous home visits The results suggest that coding from appropriate samples of recorded interactions may provide valid assessments of maternal sensitivity and attachment security but a number of important caveats must still be resolved.
Notes
Poster presented at Biennial Meeting of the Society for Research in Child Development, Boston, Massachusetts in March 2007.