The DPICS includes two, five - minute warm - up (WU) segments before coded segments;
these WU segments are thought to allow dyads time to acclimate to observation instructions and improve the representativeness of sampled behavior.
This study analyzed the contribution of including
WU segments in DPICS observations by comparing mean parent and child behavior composite frequency counts obtained from a community sample of 13 mother - child dyads.
Not exact matches
No significant differences were found between
WU and TC
segments at pre - or post-treatment DPICS observations.