Trial reportJournal of clinical child and adolescent psychology : the official journal for the Society of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology, American Psychological Association, Division 532013
Promoting toddlers' positive social-emotional outcomes in low-income families: a play-based experimental study.
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- Parenting interventions to promote early child development in the first three years of life: A global systematic review and meta-analysis.PLoS medicine · 2021Pooled it
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- Toward a developmentally informed approach to parenting interventions: Seeking hidden effects.Development and psychopathology · 2016Trial
- Family Socio-Economic Status and Children's Play Behaviors: The Mediating Role of Home Environment.Children (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022Article
- Evidence base review of couple- and family-based psychosocial interventions to promote infant and early childhood mental health, 2010-2019.Journal of marital and family therapy · 2022Review
- A Secure Base from which to Cooperate: Security, Child and Parent Willing Stance, and Adaptive and Maladaptive Outcomes in two Longitudinal Studies.Journal of abnormal child psychology · 2018Article
- Young Children with Behavior Disorders in Low-Income Families: The Role of Clinic Observations in the Assessment of Parenting.Evidence-based practice in child and adolescent mental health · 2017Article
- Longitudinal Associations Between the Quality of Mother-Infant Interactions and Brain Development Across Infancy.Child development · 2016Article
- (Positive) power to the child: The role of children's willing stance toward parents in developmental cascades from toddler age to early preadolescence.Development and psychopathology · 2015Article
- Life Satisfaction Moderates the Effectiveness of a Play-Based Parenting Intervention in Low-Income Mothers and Toddlers.Journal of abnormal child psychology · 2015Article
- Parental Attitudes and Beliefs Surrounding Play Among Predominantly Low-income Urban Families: A Qualitative Study.Journal of developmental and behavioral pediatrics : JDBPArticle
- Playful activities mitigate relations between parental mental health difficulties and child verbal outcomes.Child developmentArticle
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Abstract
This multimethod study of mothers and toddlers (a) examined the effectiveness of a play-based intervention (child-oriented play vs. play-as-usual) on children's cooperation with their mothers and socioemotional competence; (b) introduced a robust new measure of maternal engagement in the intervention, reflected in the dose of child-oriented play the mother delivered to the child; and (c) examined ecological factors that predicted maternal engagement, and the effect of engagement on the outcomes. Low-income mothers (N = 186, 11% Latino, 27% minority) were randomized into child-oriented play group or play-as-usual group, participated in 8 play sessions, and played daily with their children for 10 weeks. Microscopic coding of mothers' behavior in play sessions assessed the dose of child-oriented play delivered to children; mothers' diaries assessed time in daily play. Children's cooperation with maternal control, observed in the laboratory, and mother-rated competence were measured before randomization (Pretest), after play sessions (Posttest 1), and 6 months later (Posttest 2). Children in both groups made significant gains in both outcomes. The gains in cooperation appeared longer lasting in child-oriented play group. Both groups made significantly greater gains than a "historical community control" group, an unrelated longitudinal study without any intervention. Structural equation analyses revealed that married mothers and those with fewer children delivered higher doses of child-oriented play, and those doses predicted children's higher cooperation and competence, with the effects of earlier scores covaried. The dose of time spent in daily play had no effect. Child-oriented play may be a promising, effective, and inexpensive means of promoting toddlers' positive development.
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