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  • Developmental Psychology
  • Cross-cultural Psychology

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  • Emotional availability is crucial for healthy child development.
  • Understanding cultural variations in emotional availability is important.
  • The Emotional Availability Scale (EAS) is a key measure.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To conduct a psychometric analysis of the Emotional Availability Scale (EAS).
  • To examine differences in EAS dimensions across racial/ethnic subgroups.
  • To explore the relationship between EAS dimensions and parent-child interaction behaviors.

Main Methods:

  • Cross-sectional study of 50 mother-child dyads (Hispanic, African American, European American).
  • Psychometric analysis using ANOVA, Pearson correlation, and moderated regression.
  • Utilized the Emotional Availability Scale and Dyadic Parent-Child Interaction Coding System.

Main Results:

  • No significant differences in EAS dimension scores were found across racial/ethnic groups.
  • Two Dyadic Parent-Child Interaction Coding System behaviors predicted EAS dimensions for Hispanic dyads.
  • Two Dyadic Parent-Child Interaction Coding System behaviors predicted EAS dimensions for African American dyads.

Conclusions:

  • Emotional availability appears similar across diverse racial/ethnic subgroups.
  • Specific interaction behaviors show differential predictive value for emotional availability in Hispanic and African American dyads.
  • Findings support the generalizability of the EAS across these groups with nuanced behavioral associations.