Trial reportBiological psychology2019
Effects of an attachment-based intervention in infancy on children's autonomic regulation during middle childhood.
Trial report in Biological psychology, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 23 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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23 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 48 citations in OpenAlex.
- Effectiveness of Attachment-Based Interventions for Maltreated Children's Well-Being: A Systematic Review.Clinical child and family psychology review · 2026Pooled it
- A systematic review and meta-analysis of the association between parenting and child autonomic nervous system activity.Neuroscience and biobehavioral reviews · 2022Pooled it
- A Randomized Controlled Trial of a Parenting Intervention During Infancy Alters Amygdala-Prefrontal Circuitry in Middle Childhood.Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry · 2024Trial
- Effects of an attachment-based intervention on autonomic regulation among opioid-exposed infants.Developmental psychobiology · 2022Trial
- School age effects of Minding the Baby-An attachment-based home-visiting intervention-On parenting and child behaviors.Development and psychopathology · 2022Trial
- Increasing secure base script knowledge among parents with Attachment and Biobehavioral Catch-up.Development and psychopathology · 2021Trial
- Enhancing diurnal cortisol regulation among young children adopted internationally: A randomized controlled trial of a parenting-based intervention.Development and psychopathology · 2020Trial
- Early Parenting Intervention Effects on Brain Responses to Maternal Cues Among High-Risk Children.The American journal of psychiatry · 2020Trial
- Sustained effects on attachment security in middle childhood: results from a randomized clinical trial of the Attachment and Biobehavioral Catch-up (ABC) intervention.Journal of child psychology and psychiatry, and allied disciplines · 2020Trial
- Understanding temper loss in young children: Interactions among family violence, respiratory sinus arrhythmia, and frontal asymmetry.Psychoneuroendocrinology · 2025Article
- Using randomized controlled trials to ask questions regarding developmental psychopathology: A tribute to Dante Cicchetti.Development and psychopathology · 2024Article
- A Systematic Review of Infant Mental Health Prevention and Treatment Programs.Evidence-based practice in child and adolescent mental health · 2024Article
- Intervening with Opioid-Exposed Newborns:: Modifying an Evidence-Based Parenting Intervention.Delaware journal of public health · 2022Article
- Consequences of Inadequate Caregiving for Children's Attachment, Neurobiological Development, and Adaptive Functioning.Clinical child and family psychology review · 2022Review
- Adapting psychophysiological data collection for COVID-19: The "Virtual Assessment" model.Infant mental health journal · 2022Article
- Transitioning to telehealth due to COVID-19: Maintaining model fidelity in a home visiting program for parents of vulnerable infants.Infant mental health journal · 2022Article
- Maternal Sensitivity Modulates Child's Parasympathetic Mode and Buffers Sympathetic Activity in a Free Play Situation.Frontiers in psychology · 2022Article
- Attachment security in infancy predicts reduced parasympathetic reactivity in middle childhood.Attachment & human development · 2021Article
- Respiratory sinus arrhythmia as a moderator of early maltreatment effects on later externalizing problems.Development and psychopathology · 2021Article
- Parental Socialization of Emotion and Psychophysiological Arousal Patterns in Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder.Research on child and adolescent psychopathology · 2021Article
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Abstract
The present study used a longitudinal randomized clinical trial to test whether an early intervention has causal effects on children's autonomic nervous system regulation. When children were infants, parents involved with Child Protective Services received Attachment and Biobehavioral Catch-up (ABC; N = 43), an intervention that promotes sensitive parenting, or a control intervention (N = 53). When children were 9 years old, children whose parents had received ABC exhibited higher respiratory sinus arrhythmia and lower heart rate at rest and during a parent-child interaction than children in the control group. Intervention effects were not detected for children's average skin conductance levels or for indices of autonomic reactivity. Results suggest that a parenting-focused early intervention impacted the development of children's autonomic regulation.
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