Trial reportDevelopment and psychopathology2020
Intervening with Attachment and Biobehavioral Catch-Up to decrease disrupted parenting behavior and attachment disorganization: The role of parental withdrawal.
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21 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 37 citations in OpenAlex.
- Manualised Attachment-Based Interventions for Improving Caregiver-Infant Relationships: A Two-Stage Systematic Review.Clinical child and family psychology review · 2025Pooled it
- Effects of the Attachment Video-feedback Intervention (AVI) on parents and children at risk of maltreatment during the COVID-19 pandemic.Child abuse & neglect · 2023Trial
- Effects of an attachment-based intervention on autonomic regulation among opioid-exposed infants.Developmental psychobiology · 2022Trial
- Enhancing diurnal cortisol regulation among young children adopted internationally: A randomized controlled trial of a parenting-based intervention.Development and psychopathology · 2020Trial
- Experiences of mothers with borderline personality disorder following an intervention to support mother-infant relationships: "more tools in my toolbox".Infant mental health journal · 2026Article
- Maternal Childhood Neglect is Linked to Greater Infant Cortisol Levels and Larger Infant Limbic Volumes.Child maltreatment · 2026Article
- Correlates of disrupted behaviors in high-risk and maltreating parents: A comparison of the AMBIANCE-Brief and full versions.Infant mental health journal · 2026Article
- Maternal caregiving moderates relations between maternal childhood maltreatment and infant cortisol regulation.Journal of child psychology and psychiatry, and allied disciplines · 2025Article
- Is neglect the first form of threat?Attachment & human development · 2025Review
- Weaving Invisible Threads: The Impact of Caregiver Trauma on Parenting and Child Brain Development.Brain sciences · 2025Review
- How the body tells the story: using the nonverbal cues of trauma between mothers and toddlers to mark a change in maternal attitudes during Clinician-Assisted Videofeedback Exposure Sessions.Frontiers in psychology · 2025Article
- Maternal Childhood Abuse Versus Neglect Associated with Differential Patterns of Infant Brain Development.Research on child and adolescent psychopathology · 2023Article
- Linking maternal disrupted interaction and infant limbic volumes: The role of infant cortisol output.Psychoneuroendocrinology · 2023Article
- Negative versus withdrawn maternal behavior: Differential associations with infant gray and white matter during the first 2 years of life.Human brain mapping · 2023Article
- Parenting practices and adolescent delinquency: COVID-19 impact in the United States.Children and youth services review · 2023Article
- Latent profiles of maternal disrupted communication: Relations to affect and behaviour in early infancy.The British journal of developmental psychology · 2023Article
- Developmental costs associated with early maternal withdrawal.Child development perspectives · 2022Article
- Interaction microanalysis of foster care research using THEME.Frontiers in psychology · 2022Article
- Beyond destructive and constructive interparental conflict: Children's psychological vulnerability to interparental disorganization.Developmental psychology · 2021Article
- Longitudinal Outcomes of Child Parent Psychotherapy: Response to Commentaries.Research on child and adolescent psychopathology · 2021Article
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Abstract
This randomized controlled trial investigated the efficacy of Attachment and Biobehavioral Catch-up (ABC; Dozier, Bick, & Bernard, 2011) in reducing disrupted parenting behavior (affective communication errors, role/boundary confusion, fearful/disoriented, intrusive/negativity, and withdrawal) and its association with disorganized attachment. Participants were 105 mother-child dyads randomized to receive either ABC or a control intervention (a 10-session home-visiting intervention focused on improving children's cognitive abilities, gross and fine motor abilities, and language development). At the time of study enrollment, mothers were approximately 26.7 years old (SD = 7.8) and predominantly Black or African American (73.9%). At the first follow-up visit, children were approximately 20.7 months old (SD = 6.3) and most were identified as Black or African American (61.9%). Fifty-two percent of children were male (n = 55). Assessments of disrupted parenting behavior and child attachment quality were assessed approximately 7 months postintervention (SD = 5.8). A one-way analysis of variance revealed that parents who received ABC demonstrated lower levels of parental withdrawal than parents who received the control condition. A structural equation model revealed a significant indirect effect of intervention group on attachment quality through lower levels of parental withdrawal. Results add to the efficacy of the ABC intervention and identified parental withdrawal as a mediator of change.
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