Citation

Lind T, Bernard K, Yarger HA, Dozier M. Child Dev. 2019; ePub(ePub): ePub.

Affiliation

University of Delaware.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2019, John Wiley and Sons)

DOI

10.1111/cdev.13207

PMID

30815861

Abstract

Early experiences of maltreatment have long-term negative effects on children's compliance. This randomized clinical trial examined whether a brief preventative intervention (Attachment and Biobehavioral Catch-up; ABC) was effective in enhancing compliance in children who had been referred to Child Protective Services. Participants included 101 parent-child dyads who received either ABC or a control intervention when children were infants (M = 9.4 months old, SD = 6.1). When children were approximately 36 months old (M = 38.5, SD = 3.0), ABC children demonstrated significantly better compliance than control children. Further, parent sensitivity, measured 1 month post intervention when children were, on average, 18.4 months old (SD = 6.9) partially mediated the effect of ABC on child compliance at 36 months old.

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