Teramoto Taeko, Hirose Taiko, Bakeman Roger
Graduate School of Allied Health Sciences, Tokyo Medical and Dental University.
J Med Dent Sci. 2010 Mar 1;57(4):209-20.
The measurement of early mother-child relationship and interaction is a critical issue for infant mental health. The Nursing Child Assessment Teaching Scale (NCATS) has been regarded as one of the most effective assessment tools. A Japanese version (JNCATS) has been developed and its reliability was reported. The purpose of the present study was to show evidence for the validity of the JNCATS by utilizing micro analysis and sequential analysis of 53 mother-child interactions. Micro analysis is a second-by-second analysis of mother and child behavioral streams. Sequential analysis is a technique to detect mutual and contingent aspects of interaction. Variables obtained from these two methods were: a) probabilities of coding categories, and b) log odds ratios of contingency codes, whose correlations with JNCATS scores were examined. Some weak and medium correlations were found (p < .05). It was suggested that these two methods and the JNCATS could capture similar features of mother-child interaction, which provides evidence for the validity of the JNCATS.
早期母婴关系与互动的测量是婴幼儿心理健康的关键问题。儿童护理评估教学量表（NCATS）被视为最有效的评估工具之一。已经开发了其日语版本（JNCATS）并报告了其可靠性。本研究的目的是通过对53对母婴互动进行微观分析和序列分析来证明JNCATS的有效性。微观分析是对母婴行为流进行逐秒分析。序列分析是一种检测互动中相互和偶发方面的技术。从这两种方法获得的变量为：a）编码类别的概率，以及b）偶发编码的对数优势比，检验了它们与JNCATS分数的相关性。发现了一些弱和中等程度的相关性（p < .05）。结果表明，这两种方法和JNCATS可以捕捉到母婴互动的相似特征，这为JNCATS的有效性提供了证据。
