Effectiveness of interventions in preventing disorganized attachment: A meta-analysis
| Autor: | Kristin Bernard, Theodore E. A. Waters, Christopher R. Facompré |
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| Rok vydání: | 2017 |
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Reactive Attachment Disorder
05 social sciences Psychological intervention MEDLINE Infant Psychology Child PsycINFO Moderation Object Attachment 03 medical and health sciences Psychiatry and Mental health 0302 clinical medicine Intervention (counseling) Meta-analysis Developmental and Educational Psychology Strange situation Humans 0501 psychology and cognitive sciences Psychology 030217 neurology & neurosurgery 050104 developmental & child psychology Clinical psychology |
| Zdroj: | Development and psychopathology. 30(1) |
| ISSN: | 1469-2198 |
| Popis: | Disorganized attachment is associated with a host of negative developmental outcomes, leading to a growing interest in preventative interventions targeting the attachment relationship in infancy. The objective of this meta-analysis was to assess the effectiveness of interventions that aimed to prevent or reduce rates of disorganization among children at risk. We performed a literature search using PsycINFO, MEDLINE, and ProQuest databases for studies published between January 1989 and August 2016. All 16 studies (N= 1,360) included a control condition and reported postintervention rates of organized and disorganized attachments assessed by the Strange Situation Procedure. Results showed that, overall, interventions were effective in increasing rates of organized attachment compared to control conditions (d= 0.35, 95% CI [0.10–0.61]). Moderator analyses demonstrated that interventions were more effective (a) in more recently published studies than in older studies, (b) for maltreated samples than nonmaltreated samples, and (c) as children increased in age. These results have important implications for future development, tailoring, and implementation of attachment-based intervention programs. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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