Year: 1999
Type: other
Abstract: This is a revision of the Maternal Behaviour Q-sort Version 2.1 a .Our major intent in this revision was to develop more items that might distinguish mothers in avoidant relationships from those in ambivalent relationships.We also removed items that do not directly describe the infant's experience.For example, in Version 2.1 there is an item about mother being a good informant.This is a good item in that it is usually easy to get relevant information during the home visit, observers generally agree, and it distinguishes mothers in secure relationships from those in nonsecure relationships.The difficulty is that the item refers to the observer's rather than the infant's direct experience with the mother.Because our goal in writing q-set items is to describe motherinfant interactions rather than identifying sensitive mothers, items that did not directly describe the infant's experiences were omitted in Version 3.0.If your purpose is to distinguish sensitive from insensitive mothers, either version will work well.We have a few cases where the observer completed both versions.The summary sensitivity scores were very similar. Observation procedures:Please read our description of observer training and observation procedures in the 1995 Monograph paper referenced above as well as in the description of the home visit procedures on pp 118 -120 of the same monograph.The researcher should also carefully review the advice about q-sort procedures provided by Everett Waters b .It is essential that the observers are familiar with attachment principles and with the q-sort items, that they take extensive notes about maternal availability, acceptance and cooperation during the visit, and that they carefully review and extend these notes after the visit. Q-sorting procedures:We print each item on 2-by 4.25-inch heavy stock cards.Be sure to include the item numbers, but not item weights.See Appendix at end of this Manual for a copy of the items in a format suitable for printing.a Pederson, D. R.
Authors: David R. Pederson, Greg Moran, Sandi Bento
Language: English
Subfield: Social Psychology
Field: Psychology
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W1583283313