Does Coding Internal Working Models of Attachment Have To Be So Hard?

Authors

• Amanda Venta
• Veronica McLaren
• Carla Sharp
• Anna Abate
• Madeleine Allman
• Breana Cervantes
• Sophie Kerr
• Jessica Hernandez Ortiz
• Eric Sumlin
• Jesse Walker
• Kiana Wall

Language

English

Publication Date

2-1-2024

Journal

Child Psychiatry & Human Development

DOI

10.1007/s10578-022-01385-w

PMID

35838815

PMCID

PMC9283821

PubMedCentral® Posted Date

7-15-2022

PubMedCentral® Full Text Version

Post-print

Abstract

The Child Attachment Interview (CAI) has demonstrated promise in youth, yet widespread use is thwarted by the need for interview transcription, face-to-face training, and reliability certification. The present study sought to examine the empirical basis for these barriers. Thirty-five archival CAIs were re-coded by: (1) expert coders (i.e., trained and reliable) without access to transcripts, (2) trained coders who had not completed reliability training, and (3) novice coders who had no formal training. Agreement with consensus classifications was computed with the expectation of moderate agreement. Results supported coding by experts without transcription of the interview. Near-moderate agreement preliminarily supported the use of trained coders who have not attempted reliability certification with appropriate caveats. While moderate agreement was not achieved for novice raters, findings suggest that self-paced training options for the CAI may hold future promise. These contributions erode a number of significant barriers to the current use of the CAI.

Keywords

Child, Adolescent, Humans, Reproducibility of Results, Forecasting, Child attachment interview, Training, Reliability, Kappa, Internal working model

Published Open-Access

yes

Recommended Citation

Venta, Amanda; McLaren, Veronica; Sharp, Carla; et al., "Does Coding Internal Working Models of Attachment Have To Be So Hard?" (2024). Faculty, Staff and Student Publications. 4444.
https://digitalcommons.library.tmc.edu/uthmed_docs/4444