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"You're doing a nice job of allowing to lead the play. Please
continue to let him/her lead."
In the second situation, PDI, the following instructions were given:
"That was fine. Do not clean up the play things at this time. Now we'll switch to another situation. Tell that it is your turn to choose the game. You
may choose any activity. Keep him/her playing with you according to your rules."
After the five minute warm-up period, the father was told:
"You're doing a nice job of leading the play. Please continue to get to play along with you according to your rules." For the third situation, CU, the father was given the following instructions:
"That was fine. Now I'd like you to tell that it is time to
leave the playroom and the toys must be put away. Make sure you have him/her
put the toys away by him/herself. Have him/her put all the toys in their containers
and all the containers in the toybox."
Observers
Before coding videotapes for the dyads, all observers successfully completed
training procedures for the DPICS II in accordance with the recommendations provided by The Workbook: A coder training manual for the Dyadic Parent-Child Interaction Coding System II (Eyberg, Edwards, Bessmer, & Litwins, 1994). Standard training consists of a minimum of 30 hours of didactic training in DPICS II which includes reading the coding manual, studying and successfully completing paper and pencil training exercises and quizzes, and coding transcripts of actual parent-child interactions. The