Document Type

Article

Publication Title

Behavior Analysis: Research and Practice

Department

Psychology

ISSN

2372-9414

Volume

17

Issue

4

DOI

10.1037/bar0000083

First Page

393

Last Page

401

Publication Date

1-1-2017

Abstract

Various forms of assessments of parenting skill are used across studies including parent self-report, observations of parent and child interactions, and role-play assessments of parenting skill. Role-play assessments, though used in several studies, have not been sufficiently evaluated so as to understand their reliability and validity as measures of parenting skill. The current study compared repeated role-play assessments and parent– child interactions across 5 weeks for 4 parents. Consistency across role-play assessments was adequate (80%), but the variability of parent behavior with their own child across sessions (59% similarity) led to poor similarity with role-play assessments (63%). Findings suggest promise for the usefulness of role-play assessments, but raise questions about the stability of parent behavior with their own children during in-home observations.

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