Thin slice sampling of video footage for mother/child interaction: application to single cases

James, Deborah M.; Wadnerkar, Meghana B.; Lam-Cassettari, Christa; Kang, Sujin; Telling, Anna L.

Abstract

The purpose was to test the reliability of short samples of parent/child interaction for use in single-subject research. Four variable pairs of mother/child behaviour were coded for seven mother/child play sessions. Each session lasted 20 min and 18 min of the session was behaviourally coded using frame-by-frame analysis. The co-occurrence of the mother/child behaviours within a given time window was computed and an odds ratio was calculated for the co-occurrence of the targeted behaviours. The play session was divided into shorter segments (3, 6 and 9 min) and odds ratios of the variable pairs from the shorter segments were compared to the odds ratios from the entire session. Segments of 3 and 6 min did not yield the same pattern of results as the entire session. In single-subject research, evidence of the reliability of the time segment for behavioural coding should be reported in the methods section of original research manuscripts.

Citation

James, D. M., Wadnerkar, M. B., Lam-Cassettari, C., Kang, S., & Telling, A. L. (2012). Thin slice sampling of video footage for mother/child interaction: application to single cases. Journal of Psychopathology and Behavioral Assessment, 34(3), https://doi.org/10.1007/s10862-012-9282-9

• Journal Article Type: Article
• Publication Date: Sep 1, 2012
• Deposit Date: Apr 1, 2014
• Publicly Available Date: Apr 1, 2014
• Journal: Journal of Psychopathology and Behavioral Assessment
• Print ISSN: 0882-2689
• Electronic ISSN: 0882-2689
• Publisher: Springer Verlag
• Peer Reviewed: Peer Reviewed
• Volume: 34
• Issue: 3
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10862-012-9282-9
• Keywords: Video, Mother Child Interaction, Microanalysis, Contingency, Sequential Analysis, Thin Slice Sampling
• Public URL: https://nottingham-repository.worktribe.com/output/1006658
• Publisher URL: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3427477/