The Effects of an Intervention on Maternal Sensitivity and Infant Attachment Quality in a High-Risk Population

Author(s)Velez, Jessica
Date Accessioned2015-10-12T20:20:57Z
Date Available2015-10-12T20:20:57Z
Publication Date2015-05
AbstractChildren who face early childhood adversity, such as abuse and neglect, are vulnerable to problematic long-term outcomes. Experiencing these types of insensitive and frightening parenting could lead children to develop insecure or disorganized attachments to their caregivers. Attachment insecurity and disorganization in children are predictive of many long-term consequences such as difficulties with peers, behavior problems, and dissociative symptoms (Carlson, 1998; Fearon et al., 2010; Groh, Roisman, Van IJzendoorn, Bakersman-Kranenburg, & Fearon, 2012). The Attachment and Biobehavioral Catch-up (ABC) intervention was designed to promote the development of secure and organized attachments by helping parents be more nurturing and sensitive to their child’s cues. In this study, we examined whether the ABC intervention would affect maternal sensitivity and infant attachment quality in a sample of 24 high-risk mother-infant dyads. Assessments of maternal sensitivity were collected pre- and post- intervention. Assessments of infant attachment quality were collected post-intervention. Maternal sensitivity improved from pre- to postintervention. Group differences for infant attachment quality were not significant.en_US
AdvisorMary Dozier
ProgramPsychology
URLhttp://udspace.udel.edu/handle/19716/17139
Languageen_USen_US
PublisherUniversity of Delawareen_US
KeywordsResearch Subject Categories::SOCIAL SCIENCES::Social sciences::Psychologyen_US
Keywordschildhood adversityen_US
TitleThe Effects of an Intervention on Maternal Sensitivity and Infant Attachment Quality in a High-Risk Populationen_US
TypeThesisen_US
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