Intervention Effects on Negative Affect of CPS-referred Children: Results of a Randomized Clinical Trial

Overview

Journal Child Abuse Negl

Specialty Pediatrics

Date 2014 May 13

PMID 24814751

Citations 39

Authors

Teresa Lind

Kristin Bernard

Emily Ross

Mary Dozier

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Abstract

Exposure to early adversity places young children at risk for behavioral, physiological, and emotional dysregulation, predisposing them to a range of long-term problematic outcomes. Attachment and Biobehavioral Catch-up (ABC) is a 10-session intervention designed to enhance children's self-regulatory capabilities by helping parents to behave in nurturing, synchronous, and non-frightening ways. The effectiveness of the intervention was assessed in a randomized clinical trial, with parents who had been referred to Child Protective Services (CPS) for allegations of maltreatment. Parent-child dyads received either the ABC intervention or a control intervention. Following the intervention, children from the ABC intervention (n=56) expressed lower levels of negative affect during a challenging task compared to children from the control intervention (n=61).

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