ArticleGlobal pediatric health2016
Evidence-Based Parenting Interventions to Promote Secure Attachment: Findings From a Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.
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- Manualised Attachment-Based Interventions for Improving Caregiver-Infant Relationships: A Two-Stage Systematic Review.Clinical child and family psychology review · 2025Pooled it
- Attachment- and Relationship-Based Interventions during NICU Hospitalization for Families with Preterm/Low-Birth Weight Infants: A Systematic Review of RCT Data.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Pooled it
- The experience of loneliness among young people with depression: a qualitative meta-synthesis of the literature.BMC psychiatry · 2020Pooled it
- Effects of parenting interventions on child and caregiver cortisol levels: systematic review and meta-analysis.BMC psychiatry · 2020Pooled it
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- Circle of Security-Parenting and Parent-Child Interaction Therapy-Toddler: A Qualitative Exploration of Parents' Perspectives.Scandinavian journal of psychology · 2025Article
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- Tailoring the Chicago Parent Program for Foster and Kinship Caregivers: a Mixed Methods Approach.Prevention science : the official journal of the Society for Prevention Research · 2025Article
- The impact of maternal parenting stress on early childhood development: the mediating role of maternal depression and the moderating effect of family resilience.BMC psychology · 2025Article
- The impact of early life experiences on inhibitory control and working memory.Frontiers in psychology · 2024Article
- Effect of the emotional valence of autobiographical memory and parental bonding on depressive symptoms in a community sample.Scientific reports · 2023Article
- On the risks of secure attachment in infancy: Childhood irritability and adolescent depression predicted by secure attachment and high approach behaviours at 14-months towards a caregiver living with inter-parental violence.Frontiers in child and adolescent psychiatry · 2023Article
- Attachment-Based Parenting Interventions and Evidence of Changes in Toddler Attachment Patterns: An Overview.Clinical child and family psychology review · 2022Review
- Mothers and fathers of pre-school children: a study on parenting stress and child's emotional-behavioral difficulties.Current psychology (New Brunswick, N.J.) · 2022Article
- Emotional Availability in Mother-Child and Father-Child Interactions as Predictors of Child's Attachment Representations in Adoptive Families.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Article
- Identifying Risk and Resilience Factors in the Intergenerational Cycle of Maltreatment: Results From theFrontiers in human neuroscience · 2022Article
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Abstract
Various interventions are used in clinical practice to address insecure or disorganized attachment patterns and attachment disorders. The most common of these are parenting interventions, but not all have a robust empirical evidence base. We undertook a systematic review of randomized trials comparing a parenting intervention with a control, where these used a validated attachment instrument, in order to evaluate the clinical and cost-effectiveness of interventions aiming to improve attachment in children with severe attachment problems (mean age <13 years). This article aims to inform clinicians about the parenting interventions included in our systematic review that were clinically effective in promoting secure attachment. For completeness, we also briefly discuss other interventions without randomized controlled trial evidence, identified in Patient Public Involvement workshops and expert groups at the point our review was completed as being used or recommended. We outline the key implications of our findings for clinical practice and future research.
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