OBSERVATIONAL ASSESSMENT OF PARENT AND CHILD FROM TODDLERHOOD TO LATE CHILDHOOD

本研究的目的是从三个方面探讨母子关系。 观点：确定相互（母亲和儿童）对 的关系，以制定替代框架， 的关系，并检查发展，稳定性和 在8年的时间里，这种关系发生了变化。 比较 父母有无精神病的家庭 objective. 20个父母患有情感疾病的家庭和20个 父母都很好研究。 有两个孩子（平均年龄2 1/2 6年），每个家庭。 家庭评估两次，三年 apart. 对系统抽样情况的行为观察 并且在多个时间获得。 编码是在一个详细的水平， 涉及临床解释的水平。

The objective is to investigate the mother-child relationships from three perspectives: to identify the mutual (mother and child) contributions to the relationship, to develop alternative frameworks for conceptualizing the relationship, and to examine the developmental, stabilities and changes in the relationship over a 8-year period. Comparisons of families with and without parental psychopathology are a second objective. Twenty families with affectively ill parents and 20 families with well parents are studied. There are two children (average age 2 1/2 and 6 years) in each family. Families are assessed twice, three years apart. Behavioral observations over systematically sampled situations and at multiple times are obtained. Coding is at a detailed level and at level involving clinical interpretation.