1. James M. Harper September 26, 2014 Family Studies Center

2. Why would I want to do Behavioral Observation Research? Actual behavior often predicts differently than self- report May give leverage to get into better journals May be a better fit to your research question

3. Decision Tree (Wampler & Harper, 2014)

4. Types of Coding Systems Micro (time, thought phrases, talk turns) Macro (watch entire taped segment and then rate) Mutually Exclusive? Sequential behavior or simultaneous behavior Verbal Non-verbal

5. Types of Tasks High Conflict Activity (tinker toy, build something, cook recipe together) Discussion based Event based

6. Flourishing Families Tasks 1 st Wave Marital 25 min. discussion Parent-child 15 min. discussion Family (parents and target child) 15 min. problem solving 2 nd Wave Marital: 3 min. discussion of what to teach child 5 min. Teach child something he/she doesn’t know Parent-child 9 min. discussion 15 min. family problem solving

7. Wave 3 Marital 10 min. discussion of how economic downturn affected them Marital 9 minute discussion about target child Parent-child 9 min. discussion 5 min. family problem Wave 4 5 min. family problem solving Wave 5 5 min. family problem solving

8. Iowa Family Interaction Rating Scales (IFIRS) Macro Coding System Coder watches segment twice for each target person Gives 1-9 score for each type of behavior

9. Individual Characteristic Codes

10. Dyadic Interaction Scales

11. Parenting Scales

12. Problem Solving Scales

13. Group Interaction Scales SPSilence/Pause RQRelationship Quality GEGroup Enjoyment

14. Creating Latent Variables from Observational Codes—Examples using Flourishing Families data

19. Micro Coding Frequencies & Ratios Temporal Counts Sequential

20. Antecedent Behaviors Consequent Behaviors WWWHHH Initiation W W W H H H Terminate Conditional Probabilities Conditional Probability Matrix

21. Training Coders Manuals Behavioral Spots Criterion Coded Task Inter-rater reliabilities Coder Drift