Table of Contents
Contents: Preface. P.K. Kerig, Introduction and Overview: Conceptual Issues in Family Observational Research. K.M. Lindahl, Methodological Issues in Family Observational Research. J.N. Melby, R.D. Conger, The Iowa Family Interaction Rating Scales: Instrument Summary. C. Forbes, S. Vuchinich, B. Kneedler, Assessing Families With the Family Problem Solving Code. K.M. Lindahl, N.M. Malik, The System for Coding Interactions and Family Functioning. A. Russell, J. Mize, J. Saebel, Coding the Social Dimensions of Parent-Toddler Play From a Vertical/Horizontal Perspective. E.B. Gordis, G. Margolin, The Family Coding System: Studying the Relation Between Marital Conflict and Family Interaction. P. Florsheim, L.S. Benjamin, The Structural Analysis of Social Behavior Observational Coding Scheme. J. McHale, R. Kuersten-Hogan, A. Lauretti, Evaluating Co-parenting and Family-Level Dynamics During Infancy and Early Childhood: The Co-parenting and Family Rating System. E.W. Lindsey, J. Mize, Measuring Parent-Child Mutuality During Play. A.W. Harrist, G.S. Pettit, The Social Events System: Creating and Coding Focused Narrative Records of Family Interaction. M.S. Robbins, O. Hervis, V.B. Mitrani, J. Szapocznik, Assessing Changes in Family Interaction: Structural Family Systems Ratings. A. Mahoney, A. Coffield, T. Lewis, S.L. Lashley, Meso-Analytic Behavioral Rating System for Family Interactions: Observing Play and Forced-Compliance Tasks With Young Children. M.A. Westerman, Measuring Triadic Coordination in Mother-Father-Child Interactions. B.H. Fiese, A.J. Sameroff, H.D. Grotevant, F.S. Wamboldt, S. Dickstein, D.L. Fravel, Observing Families Through the Stories That They Tell: A Multidimensional Approach. B. Paley, M.J. Cox, K.W. Kanoy, The Young Family Interaction Coding System.