The AMBIANCE-brief: An observational assessment tool of disruptive caregiving for use in applied settings with families at high social risk

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dc.contributor.advisorMadigan, Sheri L.
dc.contributor.authorCooke, Jessica Elizabeth
dc.contributor.committeememberGraham, Susan A.
dc.contributor.committeememberNoel, Melanie
dc.contributor.committeememberBenzies, Karen Marie
dc.date2019-11
dc.date.accessioned2019-09-03T18:24:51Z
dc.date.available2019-09-03T18:24:51Z
dc.date.issued2019-08-27
dc.description.abstractBackground: A community-identified need has emerged for a well-validated indicator of caregiving difficulties for use in practice settings. Thus, a brief form of the Atypical Maternal Behavior Instrument for Assessment and Classification System (AMBIANCE) was developed for use as a screening instrument. Prior to its dissemination in practice settings, further evidence of the feasibility and validity of the AMBIANCE-Brief must be established. Objectives: The current study aims to: assess feasibility of coding disrupted caregiving in real-time; establish the convergent validity of the AMBIANCE-Brief with the full AMBIANCE, as well as its postdictive validity in relation to maternal unresolved states of mind, and its concurrent validity with infant attachment disorganization; examine if the relation between maternal unresolved states of mind and infant attachment disorganization is mediated by maternal disrupted caregiving as assessed by the AMBIANCE-Brief. Method: Adolescent mothers and their infants (N = 69 dyads) participated when infants were 6 and 12 months of age. At 6 months of age, mothers completed the Adult Attachment Interview (AAI). Dyads completed the Strange Situation Procedure (SSP), as well as play sessions with toys and without toys when infants were 12 months of age. Maternal disrupted caregiving was coded from the play sessions using the full AMBIANCE and AMBIANCE-Brief. Results: The AMBIANCE-Brief demonstrated strong convergent validity with the full AMBIANCE, postdictive validity with maternal unresolved states of mind, and concurrent validity with infant attachment disorganization in both play sessions. However, maternal disrupted caregiving, as assessed by the AMBIANCE-Brief, did not significantly mediate the association between maternal unresolved states of mind and infant attachment disorganization. Conclusions: The current work represents an initial step in the development of shorter protocols which are more efficient for practitioners to use in practice settings. Future studies are needed to establish evidence of validity and feasibility of the AMBIANCE-Brief in community agencies.en_US
dc.identifier.citationCooke, J. E. (2019). The AMBIANCE-brief: An observational assessment tool of disruptive caregiving for use in applied settings with families at high social risk (Master's thesis, University of Calgary, Calgary, Canada). Retrieved from https://prism.ucalgary.ca.en_US
dc.identifier.doihttp://dx.doi.org/10.11575/PRISM/36922
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1880/110844
dc.language.isoengen_US
dc.publisher.facultyArtsen_US
dc.publisher.institutionUniversity of Calgaryen
dc.rightsUniversity of Calgary graduate students retain copyright ownership and moral rights for their thesis. You may use this material in any way that is permitted by the Copyright Act or through licensing that has been assigned to the document. For uses that are not allowable under copyright legislation or licensing, you are required to seek permission.en_US
dc.subjectdisrupted caregivingen_US
dc.subjectatypical parentingen_US
dc.subjectdisorganized attachmenten_US
dc.subjectmother-infant assessmenten_US
dc.subjectscreeningen_US
dc.subject.classificationPsychologyen_US
dc.subject.classificationPsychology--Clinicalen_US
dc.titleThe AMBIANCE-brief: An observational assessment tool of disruptive caregiving for use in applied settings with families at high social risken_US
dc.typemaster thesisen_US
thesis.degree.disciplinePsychology – Clinicalen_US
thesis.degree.grantorUniversity of Calgaryen_US
thesis.degree.nameMaster of Science (MSc)en_US
ucalgary.item.requestcopytrueen_US
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