Trial reportResearch on child and adolescent psychopathology2022
Children's Maternal Representations Moderate the Efficacy of Parent-Child Interaction Therapy-Emotion Development (PCIT-ED) Treatment For Preschool Depression.
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8 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.
- Beyond Perceptions: Meta-Analyses on Observed Parent-Child Interaction Behaviors and Childhood and Adolescent Depression.Clinical child and family psychology review · 2026Pooled it
- A Dynamic Systems Analysis of Dyadic Flexibility and Shared Affect in Preschoolers with and Without Major Depressive Disorder.Research on child and adolescent psychopathology · 2023Trial
- Evidence for decreased maladaptive guilt following PCIT-ED for depression as measured by story stem narratives: a promising method for preschool self-disclosure of emotions and experiences of parenting.European child & adolescent psychiatry · 2026Article
- Dyadic attachment-based therapies for infants and young children with mental health problems: a scoping review.Child and adolescent psychiatry and mental health · 2025Review
- Preschool Mood Disorders: A Review of the Literature from 2017 to 2024.Child and adolescent psychiatric clinics of North America · 2025Review
- Preschool depression: clinical course, risk pathways, and early intervention strategies.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2025Review
- Novel mechanism-based treatments for pediatric anxiety and depressive disorders.Neuropsychopharmacology : official publication of the American College of Neuropsychopharmacology · 2024Review
- Preschool-based mother-child emotional preparation program improves emotional connection, behavior regulation in the home and classroom: a randomized controlled trial.Frontiers in child and adolescent psychiatry · 2023Article
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Abstract
A randomized controlled trial (RCT) demonstrated that a novel psychotherapy, Parent-Child Interaction Therapy-Emotion Development (PCIT-ED), effectively treats preschool-onset depression. However, little is known about which children benefit most from PCIT-ED. As positive parent-level factors are associated with lesser depressive symptoms, this study explored the potential moderating role of positive parenting relationships on PCIT-ED efficacy. This study examined mothers and their children aged 3-6 (N = 185) who participated in the PCIT-ED RCT. Children were randomized to immediate PCIT-ED treatment (n = 94) or a waitlist control condition (n = 91) that received treatment after 18 weeks. Prior to treatment, children completed a narrative story completion task that was videotaped and coded for children's positive and negative representations of their mothers. Parent-child interaction tasks were also completed pre-treatment and videotaped and coded to measure observed parenting. Odds of MDD diagnosis post-treatment were predicted by the interaction of children's negative maternal representations and treatment group (Estimate = -.68; SE = .27; [Formula: see text] = 6.45; p = .01) and the interaction of children's relatively more positive than negative maternal representations and treatment group (Estimate = .30; SE = .13; [Formula: see text] = 5.27; p = .02). Observed parenting measures did not significantly predict odds of MDD diagnosis. Thus, PCIT-ED predicted loss of MDD diagnosis for children who displayed maternal representations that were less negative, and relatively more positive than negative. Results suggest that children with relatively more positive maternal representations may be more likely to benefit from PCIT-ED, whereas children with more negative maternal representations may need targeted work to decrease negative maternal perceptions before initiating PCIT-ED in order for treatment to be most effective.
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