Psychometric properties of the Observing Mediational Interactions (OMI) coding system during mother-adolescent conflict discussions

Abstract

Observational assessments of parent-adolescent conflict can guide interventions to prevent and reduce conflict and mental health problems. The authors identified the Observing Mediational Interactions (OMI) as a particularly useful coding system for examining parent-adolescent conflict. The OMI is the observational measure used in the Mediational Intervention for Sensitizing Caregivers (MISC) and quantifies emotional (attachment-based) and cognitive (learning-based) behaviors during caregiver-child interactions.

Keywords

• observational measure
• conflict resolution
• parent-child interaction