The effectiveness of an attachment-based intervention in promoting foster mothers’ sensitivity toward foster infants
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Infants in foster care need sensitive, responsive caregivers to promote their healthy outcomes. The current study examined the effectiveness of the Attachment and Biobehavioral Catch‐up Intervention, a short‐term, targeted, attachment‐based intervention program designed to promote sensitive caregiving behavior among foster mothers. Ninety‐six foster mother–infant dyads participated in this study; 44 dyads were assigned to the Attachment and Biobehavioral Catch‐up Intervention, and 52 dyads were assigned to a control intervention. Results of hierarchical linear modeling indicated that foster mothers who were assigned to the Attachment and Biobehavioral Catch‐up Intervention showed greater improvements in their sensitivity from pre‐ to postintervention assessment time points when compared with foster mothers who were assigned to the control intervention. We conclude that a short‐term, targeted, attachment‐based intervention is effective in changing foster mothers’ responsiveness to their foster infants, which is critical for foster infants’ healthy socioemotional adjustment.
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ABC also raised sensitivity among foster parents.
“Similar positive effects have been noted in samples of foster parents receiving ABC, including increased maternal sensitivity (Bick & Dozier, 2013).”
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- Authors
- Bick, J., & Dozier, M.
- Affiliations
- University of Delaware (US)
- Corresponding author
- Dozier, Mary
- Venue
- Infant Mental Health Journal
- Publisher
- Wiley
- Published
- 2013-01-29
- Volume
- 34
- Issue
- 2
- Pages
- 95-103
- ISSN
- 0163-9641 (ISSN-L)
- 1097-0355
- PMC
- PMC3756602
- OpenAlex
- W2166889012
- Cited by
- 175
- References
- 48
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- FWCI
- 22.88
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- bronze
- doi.org
- Locations
- Infant Mental Health Journal (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Europe PMC (PubMed Central) (acceptedVersion)
- PubMed Central (acceptedVersion)
- Funders
- National Institute of Mental Health (R01MH084135, R01MH052135, R01MH074374, T32MH018268)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Safety Research › Child Welfare and Adoption
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Social Psychology › Attachment and Relationship Dynamics
- Social Sciences › Education › Early Childhood Education and Development
- Keywords
- foster care, foster mothers, maternal sensitivity, attachment-based intervention, caregiver responsiveness, social-emotional adjustment, intervention effectiveness
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