Feasibility and efficacy of an attachment-based intervention in a maltreatment sample in residential care: A pilot study. (October 2017)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Casonato, Marta; Nazzari, Sarah; Frigerio, Alessandra
• Is Part Of: Clinical child psychology and psychiatry. Volume 22:Number 4(2017)
• Page Start: 561
• Page End: 571
• Publication Date: 2017-10
• Subjects: Video-feedback intervention -- maternal sensitivity -- discipline -- maltreatment; Clinical child psychology -- Periodicals; Child psychiatry -- Periodicals; 618.9289
• DOI: 10.1177/1359104517719115
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1359-1045

Abstract

The effects of the Video-feedback Intervention to promote Positive Parenting and Sensitive Discipline on improving maternal sensitivity and sensitive discipline were investigated using a randomized control design in a pilot sample of mothers at high risk of maltreatment. The study included 12 mothers and their 10- to 36-month-old children placed in parental residential care, due to a guardianship order issued by the Youth Court. Both at pretest and post-test, maternal sensitivity and sensitive discipline were assessed during mother–child interaction via observational measures. Mothers who received the intervention showed a significant reduction in dysfunctional strategies of maternal discipline. Results highlight the usefulness and feasibility of a brief residential care–based intervention in such a risk sample, with promising implications for the prevention of child maltreatment.