Trial reportDevelopment and psychopathology2015
Mechanisms of change: Testing how preventative interventions impact psychological and physiological stress functioning in mothers in neglectful families.
Trial report in Development and psychopathology, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 19 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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19 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 41 citations in OpenAlex.
- Interventions from pregnancy to two years after birth for parents experiencing complex post-traumatic stress disorder and/or with childhood experience of maltreatment.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2023Pooled it
- Effects of parenting interventions on child and caregiver cortisol levels: systematic review and meta-analysis.BMC psychiatry · 2020Pooled it
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- An investigation of child maltreatment and epigenetic mechanisms of mental and physical health risk.Development and psychopathology · 2016Trial
- Maternal cortisol and parenting in infants' first 6 months: The moderating role of family stress.Developmental psychology · 2026Article
- Practitioner Review: Clinical insights from attachment theory and research for professionals working with young children and their families.Journal of child psychology and psychiatry, and allied disciplines · 2026Review
- Long-Term Effects and Predictors of Outcome of Child-Parent Psychotherapy for Traumatized Young Children and their Caregivers: A 6-Month Follow-Up of a Swedish Clinical Sample.Journal of child & adolescent trauma · 2026Article
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- The long and winding road: Pathways from basic research to implementation and evaluation.Development and psychopathology · 2024Article
- Intervening After Trauma: Child-Parent Psychotherapy Treatment Is Associated With Lower Pediatric Epigenetic Age Acceleration.Psychological science · 2024Article
- The effect of dietary omega-6 fatty acid enrichment in rodent models of military-relevant acute traumatic psychological stress and traumatic brain injury.Frontiers in microbiomes · 2024Article
- A Systematic Review of Infant Mental Health Prevention and Treatment Programs.Evidence-based practice in child and adolescent mental health · 2024Article
- Use of technology in evidence-based programs for child maltreatment and its impact on parent and child outcomes.Frontiers in digital health · 2023Review
- Implementing psychosocial support models in contexts of extreme adversity: lessons from a process evaluation in Colombia.Frontiers in psychology · 2023Article
- Psychotherapeutic Change Mechanisms and Causal Psychotherapy: Applications to Child Abuse and Trauma.Journal of child & adolescent trauma · 2022Article
- How societal responses to COVID-19 could contribute to child neglect.Child abuse & neglect · 2021Article
- Transforming the paradigm of child welfare.Development and psychopathology · 2021Article
- Interparental conflict and children's social problems: Insecurity and friendship affiliation as cascading mediators.Developmental psychology · 2018Article
- Effects of pre- and postnatal maternal stress on infant temperament and autonomic nervous system reactivity and regulation in a diverse, low-income population.Development and psychopathology · 2017Article
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Abstract
The present study applies a multilevel approach to an examination of the effect of two randomized preventive interventions with mothers in neglectful families who are also contending with elevated levels of impoverishment and ecological risk. Specifically, we examined how participation in either child-parent psychotherapy (CPP) or psychoeducational parenting intervention (PPI) was associated with reductions in maternal psychological parenting stress and in turn physiological stress system functioning when compared to mothers involved in standard community services as well as a demographic comparison group of nonmaltreating mothers. The resulting group sizes in the current investigation were 44 for CPP, 34 for PPI, 27 for community services, and 52 for nonmaltreating mothers. Mothers and their 13-month-old infants were randomly assigned to intervention group at baseline. Mothers completed assessments on stress within the parenting role at baseline and postintervention. Basal cortisol was sampled at postintervention and 1-year follow-up. Latent difference score analyses examined change in these constructs over time. Results suggested that mothers within the CPP intervention experienced significant declines in child-related parenting stress, while mothers in the PPI intervention reported declines in parent-related parenting stress. In turn, significant decreases in stress within the CPP mothers were further associated with adaptive basal cortisol functioning at 1-year postintervention. The results highlight the value of delineating how participation in preventive interventions aimed at ameliorating child maltreatment in neglectful families within the context of poverty may operate through improvements in psychological and physiological stress functioning. Findings are discussed with respect to the importance of multilevel assessments of intervention process and outcome.
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