TY  - JOUR
AB  - Background: The Parent-Infant Relationship Global Assessment Scale (PIR-GAS) signifies a conceptually relevant development in the multi-axial, developmentally sensitive classification system DC:0-3R for preschool children. However, information about the reliability and validity of the PIR-GAS is rare. A review of the available empirical studies suggests that in research, PIR-GAS ratings can be based on a ten-minute videotaped interaction sequence. The qualification of raters may be very heterogeneous across studies. Methods: To test whether the use of the PIR-GAS still allows for a reliable assessment of the parent-infant relationship, our study compared a PIR-GAS ratings based on a full-information procedure across multiple settings with ratings based on a ten-minute video by two doctoral candidates of medicine. For each mother-child dyad at a family day hospital (N = 48), we obtained two video ratings and one full-information rating at admission to therapy and at discharge. This pre-post design allowed for a replication of our findings across the two measurement points. We focused on the inter-rater reliability between the video coders, as well as between the video and full-information procedure, including mean differences and correlations between the raters. Additionally, we examined aspects of the validity of video and full-information ratings based on their correlation with measures of child and maternal psychopathology. Results: Our results showed that a ten-minute video and full-information PIR-GAS ratings were not interchangeable. Most results at admission could be replicated by the data obtained at discharge. We concluded that a higher degree of standardization of the assessment procedure should increase the reliability of the PIR-GAS, and a more thorough theoretical foundation of the manual should increase its validity.
AU  - Müller, Jörg M.
AU  - Achtergarde, Sandra
AU  - Winkel, Sandra
AU  - Frantzmann, Hanna
AU  - Steinberger, Kathrin
AU  - Skorozhenia, Olena
AU  - Beyer, Thomas
AU  - Fürniss, Tilman
AU  - Furniss, Tilman
AU  - Furniss, Tilman
AU  - Furniss, Tilman
AU  - Postert, Christian
DA  - 2013-05-24
DO  - 10.1186/1753-2000-7-17
LA  - eng
N1  - Finanziert durch den Open-Access-Publikationsfonds 2013/2014 der Deutschen Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) und der Westfälischen Wilhelms-Universität Münster (WWU Münster).
N1  - Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Mental Health 7 (2013) 17
PY  - 2013-05-24
TI  - Inter-rater reliability and aspects of validity of the parent-infant relationship global assessment scale (PIR-GAS)
UR  - https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:hbz:6-24319457007
Y2  - 2024-11-22T07:22:04
ER  -