A list containing four different datasets: Attachment Q-set (aqs; version 3.0), California Child Q-set (ccq); Maternal Behaviour Q-set (mbqs; version 3.1); and Preschool Q-set (pq). In these datasets, column names ending in "_c" refer to criteria sorts' scores, while column names ending in "_s" refer to scales' scores.
qsetsqsets$aqs AQS dataset with 90 rows (items) and 9 columns.
Item number from 1 to 90.
aqs. Attachment Q-set (version 3.0) (Waters, 1995).
Security criterion scores (retrieved from Waters et al., 1995).
Dependency criterion scores (retrieved from Waters et al., 1995).
Pederson & Moran's (1995) scales (retrieved from Waters et al., 1995). comp = compliance; sb = secure base, fd = fussy/difficult; epc = enjoys physical contact; as = affective sharing.
Items to be inverted in Pederson and Moran scales.
Posada et al.'s (1995) scales (retrieved from Waters et al., 1995). sim = smooth interactions with mother; pcm = physical contact with mother; ioa = interactions with other adults; pm = proximity to mother.
Items to be inverted in Posada et al.'s scales.
Item description (retrieved from Waters, 1995).
qsets$ccq CCQ dataset with 100 rows (items) and 6 columns.
Item number from 1 to 100.
ccq. California Child Q-set (Block & Block, 1969).
Social competence criterion scores (retrieved from Waters et al., 1985).
Self-esteem criterion scores (retrieved from Waters et al., 1985).
Self-esteem criterion scores (retrieved from Waters et al., 1985).
Ego-resiliency criterion scores (Block & Block, 1980; retrieved from Brian Vaughn, personal communication).
Ego-control criterion scores (Block & Block, 1980; retrieved from Brian Vaughn, personal communication).
Emotion regulation scale (retrieved from Shields and Cicchetti, 1997)
Items to be inverted in emotion regulation scale.
Item description (retrieved from Waters et al., 1985).
qsets$mbqs MBQS dataset with 90 rows (items) and 4 columns.
Item number from 1 to 90.
mbqs. Maternal Behaviour Q-set (version 3.1) (Pederson et al., 1999).
Sensibility criterion scores (retrieved from Pederson et al., 1999).
Item description (retrieved from Pederson et al., 1999).
qsets$pq PQ dataset with 72 rows (items) and 6 columns.
Item number from 1 to 72.
pq. Preschool Q-set (Baumrind, 1968 revised by Wanda Bronson).
Social competence criterion scores (retrieved from Waters et al., 1985).
Self-esteem criterion scores (retrieved from Waters et al., 1985).
Social desirability criterion scores (retrieved from Waters et al., 1985).
Item description (retrieved from Waters et al., 1985).
Baumrind, D. (1968). Manual for the Preschool Behaviour Q-set. Parental Research Project. Berkeley, CA: Institute of Human Development, University of California.
Block, J. H., & Block, J. (1969). The California Child Q-Set. Berkeley, CA: Institute of Human Development, University of California.
Block, J. H., & Block, J. (1980). The role of ego-control and ego-resiliency in the organization of behavior. In W. A. Collins (Ed.), Minnesota symposium on child psychology: Vol. 13. Development of cognition affect, and social relations (pp. 39<U+2013>101), Hillsdale, NJ: Erlbaum.
Posada, G., Waters, E., Crowell, J. A., & Lay, K. (1995). Is it easier to use a secure mother as a secure base? Attachment Q-Sort correlates of the adult attachment interview. Monographs of the Society for Research in Child Development, 60 (2/3), 133-145.
Pederson, D. R., & Moran, G. (1995). A categorical description of infant-mother relationships in the home and its relation to Q-sort measures of infant-mother interaction. Monographs of the Society for Research in Child Development, 60 (2/3), 111-132.
Pederson, D. R., Moran, G., & Bento, S. (1999). Maternal Behaviour Q-sort (version 3.1). London, ON: Psychology Department, Western University.
Shields, A., & Cicchetti, D. (1997). Emotion regulation among school-age children: The development and validation of a new criterion q-sort scale. Developmental Psychology, 33, 906-916.
Waters, E. (1995). Appendix A: The attachment Q-set (Version 3. 0). Monographs of the Society for Research in Child Development, 60 (2/3), 234-246.
Waters, E., Vaughn, B. E., Posada, G., & Kondo-Ikemura, K. (1995). Appendix D: Scoring key for Q-sort criteria and derived scales in the attachment Q-set and the attachment Q-set for infant macaques item sets. Monographs of the Society for Research in Child Development, 60 (2/3), 280-282.
Waters, E., Noyes, D. M., Vaughn, B. E., & Ricks, M. (1985). Q-sort definitions of social competence and self-esteem: Discriminant validity of related constructs in theory and data. Developmental Psychology, 21, 508-522.