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Circle of Security–Parenting: A randomized controlled trial in Head Start

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Cassidy, Jude, Brett, Bonnie E., Gross, Jacquelyn T., Stern, Jessica A., Martin, David R., Mohr, Jonathan J., Woodhouse, Susan S.·2017·Development and Psychopathology
DOI 10.1017/s0954579417000244PMC PMC5543687
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Although evidence shows that attachment insecurity and disorganization increase risk for the development of psychopathology (Fearon, Bakermans-Kranenburg, van IJzendoorn, Lapsley, & Roisman, 2010; Groh, Roisman, van IJzendoorn, Bakermans-Kranenburg, & Fearon, 2012), implementation challenges have precluded dissemination of attachment interventions on the broad scale at which they are needed. The Circle of Security–Parenting Intervention (COS-P; Cooper, Hoffman, & Powell, 2009), designed with broad implementation in mind, addresses this gap by training community service providers to use a manualized, video-based program to help caregivers provide a secure base and a safe haven for their children. The present study is a randomized controlled trial of COS-P in a low-income sample of Head Start enrolled children and their mothers. Mothers ( N = 141; 75 intervention, 66 waitlist control) completed a baseline assessment and returned with their children after the 10-week intervention for the outcome assessment, which included the Strange Situation. Intent to treat analyses revealed a main effect for maternal response to child distress, with mothers assigned to COS-P reporting fewer unsupportive (but not more supportive) responses to distress than control group mothers, and a main effect for one dimension of child executive functioning (inhibitory control but not cognitive flexibility when maternal age and marital status were controlled), with intervention group children showing greater control. There were, however, no main effects of intervention for child attachment or behavior problems. Exploratory follow-up analyses suggested intervention effects were moderated by maternal attachment style or depressive symptoms, with moderated intervention effects emerging for child attachment security and disorganization, but not avoidance; for inhibitory control but not cognitive flexibility; and for child internalizing but not externalizing behavior problems. This initial randomized controlled trial of the efficacy of COS-P sets the stage for further exploration of “what works for whom” in attachment intervention.

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Authors
Cassidy, J., Brett, B. E., Gross, J. T., Stern, J. A., Martin, D. R., Mohr, J. J., & Woodhouse, S. S.
Affiliations
  • University of Maryland, College Park (US)
  • Lehigh University (US)
Corresponding author
Cassidy, Jude
ORCID
Venue
Development and Psychopathology
Publisher
Cambridge University Press (CUP)
Published
2017-04-12
Volume
29
Issue
2
Pages
651-673
ISSN
  • 0954-5794 (ISSN-L)
  • 1469-2198
DOI
10.1017/s0954579417000244
PMC
PMC5543687
OpenAlex
W2606645606
Cited by
167
References
128
Citations by year
2026: 10 · 2025: 22 · 2024: 16 · 2023: 27 · 2022: 20 · 2021: 27 · 2020: 17 · 2019: 14 · 2018: 5 · 2017: 9
FWCI
17.61
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Licence
www.cambridge.org/core/terms (unspecified)
Locations
  • Development and Psychopathology (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • Europe PMC (PubMed Central) (acceptedVersion)
  • PubMed Central (acceptedVersion)
  • University Libraries (University of Maryland) (submittedVersion)
  • Digital Repository at the University of Maryland (University of Maryland College Park)
Funders
Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (R01HD068594)
Topics
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Social Psychology › Attachment and Relationship Dynamics
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development
  • Social Sciences › Education › Early Childhood Education and Development
Keywords
Circle of Security Parenting, attachment-based intervention, attachment security, disorganized attachment, attachment avoidance, maternal care, inhibitory control, cognitive flexibility, child behavior problems, internalizing problems, maternal depressive symptoms, maternal attachment style, low-income children, Head Start, community service providers, intervention dissemination
MeSH terms
Problem Behavior, Child Behavior, Child, Preschool, Depression, Female, Humans, Male, Mothers, Object Attachment, Psychotherapy, Parenting, Outcome Assessment, Health Care, Early Intervention, Educational, Executive Function

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