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Video-Feedback Attachment Based Intervention Aimed at Adolescent and Young Mothers: Effectiveness on Infant-Mother Interaction and Maternal Mind-Mindedness
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Riva Crugnola, Cristina; Ierardi, Elena; Peruta, Veronica; Moioli, Margherita; Albizzati, Alessandro – Early Child Development and Care, 2021
The study examined the effectiveness of PRERAYMI (Promoting Responsiveness Emotion Regulation and Attachment in Young Mothers and Infants) attachment-based intervention programme aimed at adolescent mother-infant dyads. The intervention used video-feedback and developmental guidance to promote maternal mind-mindedness and sensitivity. 32…
Descriptors: Video Technology, Feedback (Response), Attachment Behavior, Intervention
A Systematic Review of Attachment-Based Psychotherapeutic Interventions for Adopted Children
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Rose, Jenny; O'Reilly, Bryn – Early Child Development and Care, 2017
Background: The link between disorders of attachment and psychopathology is well documented. Consequently, a person's attachment style has a profound effect on his or her development and psychological well-being. At-risk populations such as adopted children are more prone to developing pervasive patterns of attachment, given the maternal…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Attachment Behavior, Psychotherapy, At Risk Persons
The Development of Father-Child Attachment: Associations between Adult Attachment Representations, Recollections of Childhood Experiences and Caregiving
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McFarland-Piazza, Laura; Hazen, Nancy; Jacobvitz, Deborah; Boyd-Soisson, Erin – Early Child Development and Care, 2012
The association between fathers' adult attachment representations and their recollections of childhood experiences with their caregiving quality with their eight-month-old infants and with father-infant attachment classification was examined in a longitudinal study of 117 fathers and their infants. Sensitive caregiving was related to…
Descriptors: Children, Attachment Behavior, Classification, Infants
The Vicissitudes of Mother-Infant Relationships between Birth and Six Years
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Priddis, Lynn E.; Howieson, Noel D. – Early Child Development and Care, 2009
This study examined contributions of maternal sensitivity and maternal representation of childhood experiences to differences in attachment strategies in a cohort of infants from birth to six years. Antenatal maternal attachment representation was assessed with the Adult Attachment Interview. Maternal sensitivity was assessed with the Child-Adult…
Descriptors: Preschool Children, Infants, Attachment Behavior, Parent Child Relationship
Fathers' Frightening Behaviours and Sensitivity with Infants: Relations with Fathers' Attachment Representations, Father-Infant Attachment, and Children's Later Outcomes
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Hazen, Nancy L.; McFarland, Laura; Jacobvitz, Deborah; Boyd-Soisson, Erin – Early Child Development and Care, 2010
This longitudinal study of 125 families investigated whether negative child outcomes related to fathers' frightening (FR) behaviours with infants would be mitigated if fathers were also sensitive. Results indicated that children whose fathers were frightening and insensitive with them during infancy showed the highest emotional under-regulation at…
Descriptors: Mothers, Caregiver Role, Infants, Parent Child Relationship