Continuous Assessment of Interpersonal Dynamics (CAID) Joystick Materials

The Continuous Assessment of Interpersonal Dynamics (CAID) approach (also referred to as the computer joystick method) allows a user to continually assess a person’s interpersonal behaviors over time as they are occurring in a videotaped social interaction. This repository entry includes the following materials associated with the CAID approach: The joystick monitor software An instruction manual for the CAID joystick monitor software, which includes: Overview of the CAID joystick approach Instructions for using the software Training procedures for joystick raters A list of the CAID joystick-oriented publications Associated video tutorials: A demonstration of moment-to-moment interpersonal complementarity with CAID data An illustration of CAID coding by a trained rater Introductory material on how to conduct spectral analysis of CAID data: A brief primer on spectral analysis An example dataset SPSS syntax for conducting spectral analysis Example analysis output