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Conundrums in the use of observational measures of socioemotional behavior
Author(s) -
Martin Mcdermott Jennifer N.,
Fox Nathan A.
Publication year - 2007
Publication title -
infant mental health journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.693
H-Index - 75
eISSN - 1097-0355
pISSN - 0163-9641
DOI - 10.1002/imhj.20159
Subject(s) - observational study , socioemotional selectivity theory , observational methods in psychology , psychology , scale (ratio) , observational learning , developmental psychology , cognitive psychology , medicine , geography , mathematics education , cartography , pathology , experiential learning
The potential for translation of observational measures of social and emotional behavior used in small‐scale studies for use in large‐, possibly national‐scale, studies of child development is currently an unresolved challenge. To begin to address this issue, the advantages and disadvantages to using observational measures of social and emotional behavior are discussed. In addition, alternatives to observational measures that may be helpful in assessing social and emotional behavior are considered with special emphasis on the benefits of cognitive measures.