Trial reportJournal of child psychology and psychiatry, and allied disciplines2020
Sustained effects on attachment security in middle childhood: results from a randomized clinical trial of the Attachment and Biobehavioral Catch-up (ABC) intervention.
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- Routinely used interventions to improve attachment in infants and young children: a national survey and two systematic reviews.Health technology assessment (Winchester, England) · 2023Pooled it
- Does Delivery Mode Matter? A Randomised Controlled Trial of the Sleeping Sound Intervention: Predicting Sleep Outcomes in Children With ADHD.Journal of attention disorders · 2026Trial
- Improving Children's Behavior in Seven Sessions: A Randomized Controlled Trial of Parent-Child Care (PC-CARE) for Children Aged 2-10 Years.Child psychiatry and human development · 2024Trial
- 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
- 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
- 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
- ABC's active ingredients: Parent coaches' in vivo feedback predicts maternal sensitivity among low-income predominantly Latina mothers.Infant mental health journal · 2026Article
- Scaling up Attachment and Biobehavioral Catch-up with Latine families: Implementation processes and effectiveness.Infant mental health journal · 2025Article
- Using randomized controlled trials to ask questions regarding developmental psychopathology: A tribute to Dante Cicchetti.Development and psychopathology · 2024Article
- Facilitators and barriers to parent-child communication in pediatric palliative care: An integrative review.International journal of nursing sciences · 2024Review
- Using Attachment and Biobehavioral Catch-up with young children with developmental delays: A multiple-baseline trial of attachment, sensitivity, and cortisol.Journal of intellectual disabilities : JOID · 2023Article
- Family Accommodation and Separation Anxiety: The Moderating Role of Child Attachment.Research square · 2023Article
- Adapting Attachment and Biobehavioral Catch-up for infants and young children with intellectual disabilities and developmental delays in South Africa: Reflections and recommendations from local stakeholders.Infant mental health journal · 2023Article
- Attachment-Based Parenting Interventions and Evidence of Changes in Toddler Attachment Patterns: An Overview.Clinical child and family psychology review · 2022Review
- Adoption and trauma: Risks, recovery, and the lived experience of adoption.Child abuse & neglect · 2022Article
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- Consequences of Inadequate Caregiving for Children's Attachment, Neurobiological Development, and Adaptive Functioning.Clinical child and family psychology review · 2022Review
- Parenting in the Context of the Child: Genetic and Social Processes.Monographs of the Society for Research in Child Development · 2022Article
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Abstract
backgroundInterventions have been developed to promote the development of secure and organized attachments during early childhood among children who have experienced early adversity, yet little is known about whether the effects of these early interventions are sustained beyond 12 months postintervention. The current study examined whether receiving the Attachment and Biobehavioral Catch-Up (ABC) intervention during infancy led to improvements in perceived attachment security in middle childhood among 100 Child Protective Services (CPS)-referred children.
methodsChildren and parents were randomized to receive ABC or a control intervention during infancy. Children completed the Kerns Security Scale at age nine (M
resultsChildren whose parents received ABC reported higher levels of attachment security on the Kerns Security Scale at age nine than children whose parents had received the control intervention, t(98) = 2.31, p = .023, d = 0.49.
conclusionsFindings underscore the long-term benefits of intervening early to promote caregiving quality among at-risk families and demonstrate the efficacy of a brief 10-session intervention in promoting attachment security over the span of eight years in a sample of CPS-referred children.
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