Codierung von Mutter-Kleinkind-Interaktionen und von Interviewäußerungen von Müttern über ihr Kind (inkl. Entwicklung eines Codierungssystems)

Eine Forschungskooperation mit der Dissertationsstudie an der University of Oxford (Department of Educational Studies): „A study on children’s development of social understanding: The role of mothers’ focus on their children’s internal states“ (University of Oxford / Department of Educational Studies)

Projektleiter:

• Mag. Katharina Ereky,
• Dr. Kornelia Steinhardt,
• Ao Univ.Prof. Dr. Wilfried Datler

Kurzbeschreibung (Katharina Ereky-Stevens):

There is a growing body of evidence that (early) social and emotional experiences in the family environment influence children’s development of mentalising abilities. Longitudinal research has recently illuminated ways in which the mother’s tendency to accurately read and reflect the child’s mental states and emotions might facilitate the child’s understanding of the world of minds (Meins et al. 2001, 2002, 2003). Building upon the previous research, this longitudinal study (N=108) further investigated this topic. The main hypothesis of the study was: the mother’s focus on the child’s mind and emotions (internal state focus) would relate to children’s ability to “read” the minds and emotions of other people.

Measures of mothers’ focus on their children’s internal states were taken twice: at 10 months, through videotaped mother-infant interaction during play and mealtime and at 54 months, through mothers’ audio-taped descriptions of their children.

Coding mothers’ internal state focus:

For the purpose of finalising coding systems and testing inter-rater agreement, a collaboration was proposed to and carried out with Ao Univ.Prof. Dr. Wilfried Datler and Dr. Kornelia Steinhardt (Univ.Ass.) at the University of Vienna (Institut für Bildungswissenschaft, Forschungseinheit Psychoanalytische Pädagogik).

A group of students were chosen on the basis of their CVs, their academic record and an interview. During their one-month internship on the research study, these students worked extensively on finalising the definitions of variables of maternal internal state focus and defining the method of their measurement. In addition, they took part in joint training sessions on coding the videotaped mother-infant interaction/the audio-taped mother speech samples. Finally, they coded 25% of the data and inter-rater agreement was assessed.

Projektdauer: September 2002 – Februar 2003

Publikationen:

Ereky-Stevens, K.:

Associations between mothers' sensitivity to their infants' internal states and children's understanding of mind and emotions

(under review), 2007

Fürstaller, M.:

Über die Bedeutung empirisch-qualitativer Forschungsstrategien für die gegenwärtige empirische Säuglings- und Kleinkindforschung. Ein Blick in die Forschungspraxis hinsichtlich der Relevanz empirisch-qualitativer Forschungsstrategien für die Teiluntersuchung „Coding maternal internal state focus“ der überwiegend empirisch-quantitativ angelegten Studie von Ereky-Stevens des „Department of Educational Studies: University of Oxford“.

Diplomarbeit am Institut für Bildungswissenschaft der Universität Wien (Betreuer: Ao Univ.Prof. Dr. Wilfried Datler, abgeschl. Juli 2007)

Ereky-Stevens, K.:

Mothers’ internal state focus: Associations with individual differences in children’s understanding of mind and emotions.

University of Oxford (Unpublished Thesis), 2005

Fuchs, S.:

Welche Rolle spielt der mütterliche Fokus auf die innere Welt des Kindes für die Entwicklung der Fähigkeit des Mentalisierens beim Kind? Darstellung eines Teils einer Studie des „Department of Educational Studies: University of Oxford“.

Diplomarbeit an der Universität Wien, 2005

Aufrufbare Dokumente:

(Katharina Ereky-Stevens)

Mothers’ internal state focus – Abstract of the Investigation

(Katharina Ereky-Stevens, Maria Fürstaller, Eva Grahamer, Daniela Jesacher, Andrea Üblinger)

Coding of video-taped 10 month mother-infant observations on maternal internal state focus

(Katharina Ereky-Stevens, Silvia Fuchs, Karoline Lahnsteiner)

Coding of audio-taped and transcribed 54 month speech samples on maternal internal state focus