Assessing mother-infant bonding: reliability of the recorded interaction task.

IF 4.6 Q2 MATERIALS SCIENCE, BIOMATERIALS

ACS Applied Bio Materials Pub Date : 2024-06-01 Epub Date: 2022-10-12 DOI:10.1080/02646838.2022.2134848

Hannah Edwards, Femke Ta Buisman-Pijlman, Adrian Esterman, Craig Phillips, Larissa Smart, Sandra Orgeig, Andrea Gordon

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Abstract

Objective: This study examined the intra- and inter-rater reliability of the Recorded Interaction Task (RIT); a novel tool to assess mother-infant bonding via observational methods.

Background: Mother-infant bonding describes the reciprocal early emotional connection between mother and infant. Whilst various tools exist to assess mother-infant bonding, many incorrectly confuse this construct with mother-infant attachment. Further, available tools are limited to those that employ self-report methods, thus may reflect perceived behaviour, rather than actual behaviour. The RIT is a novel tool for observational assessment of mother-infant bonding. A standard interaction between mother and infant is recorded, and later assessed against specified bonding-related behaviours. Before its use in research, reliability testing must be undertaken to ensure the RIT may be used consistently.

Methods: The RIT was administered to 15 mother-infant dyads. Participant recordings were assessed by three trained raters at two time points, using the RIT observation scoring sheet. Intra-rater reliability was determined by comparing scores at each time point for each rater. Inter-rater reliability was determined by assessing reliability of scores at the first time point.

Results: Strong intra-rater reliability (ICC >0.86) and fair inter-rater reliability (ICC = 0.55) were observed.

Conclusion: The current findings support the RIT's potential to reliably assess mother-infant bonding.

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评估母婴亲子关系：记录互动任务的可靠性。

目的：本研究考察了记录互动任务（RIT）的内部和评分者之间的可靠性：本研究探讨了 "记录互动任务"（RIT）在评分者内部和评分者之间的可靠性；这是一种通过观察方法评估母婴亲子关系的新型工具：母婴亲子关系描述了母亲与婴儿之间互惠的早期情感联系。虽然有各种工具可以评估母婴亲子关系，但许多人错误地将这一概念与母婴依恋混为一谈。此外，现有工具仅限于那些采用自我报告方法的工具，因此可能反映的是感知行为而非实际行为。RIT 是一种用于观察评估母婴亲子关系的新型工具。母婴之间的标准互动会被记录下来，然后根据特定的亲子关系相关行为进行评估。在将其用于研究之前，必须对其进行可靠性测试，以确保 RIT 可以连贯一致地使用：方法：对 15 个母婴二人组进行了 RIT 测试。由三名经过培训的评分员使用 RIT 观察评分表在两个时间点对参与者的记录进行评估。通过比较每位评分者在每个时间点的得分来确定评分者内部的可靠性。评分者之间的可靠性则通过评估第一个时间点的评分可靠性来确定：结果：观察到评分者内部可靠性较强（ICC >0.86），评分者之间可靠性一般（ICC = 0.55）：目前的研究结果支持 RIT 对母婴亲子关系进行可靠评估的潜力。

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ACS Applied Bio Materials Chemistry-Chemistry (all)

CiteScore

9.40

自引率

2.10%

发文量

464

期刊介绍： ACS Applied Bio Materials is an interdisciplinary journal publishing original research covering all aspects of biomaterials and biointerfaces including and beyond the traditional biosensing, biomedical and therapeutic applications. The journal is devoted to reports of new and original experimental and theoretical research of an applied nature that integrates knowledge in the areas of materials, engineering, physics, bioscience, and chemistry into important bio applications. The journal is specifically interested in work that addresses the relationship between structure and function and assesses the stability and degradation of materials under relevant environmental and biological conditions.