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Minding the Baby®: Enhancing parental reflective functioning and infant attachment in an attachment-based, interdisciplinary home visiting program

Slade, Arietta, Holland, Margaret L., Ordway, Monica Roosa, Carlson, Elizabeth A., Jeon, Sangchoon, Close, Nancy, Mayes, Linda C., Sadler, Lois S.·2020·Development and Psychopathology

Abstract

In this article, we describe the results of the second phase of a randomized controlled trial of Minding the Baby (MTB), an interdisciplinary reflective parenting intervention for infants and their families. Young first-time mothers living in underserved, poor, urban communities received intensive home visiting services from a nurse and social worker team for 27 months, from pregnancy to the child's second birthday. Results indicate that MTB mothers' levels of reflective functioning was more likely to increase over the course of the intervention than were those of control group mothers. Likewise, infants in the MTB group were significantly more likely to be securely attached, and significantly less likely to be disorganized, than infants in the control group. We discuss our findings in terms of their contribution to understanding the impacts and import of intensive intervention with vulnerable families during the earliest stages of parenthood in preventing the intergenerational transmission of disrupted relationships and insecure attachment.

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Authors
Slade, A., Holland, M. L., Ordway, M. R., Carlson, E. A., Jeon, S., Close, N., Mayes, L. C., & Sadler, L. S.
Affiliations
  • Yale University (US)
  • University of Minnesota (US)
Corresponding author
Slade, Arietta
Venue
Development and Psychopathology
Published
2019-01-14
Volume
32
Issue
1
Pages
123-137
ISSN
  • 0954-5794 (ISSN-L)
  • 1469-2198
OpenAlex
W2908985684
Cited by
170
References
95
Citations by year
2026: 21 · 2025: 21 · 2024: 22 · 2023: 35 · 2022: 24 · 2021: 26 · 2020: 19 · 2019: 2
FWCI
22.30
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
closed
Locations
  • Development and Psychopathology (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
Funders
  • National Center for Research Resources (UL1RR024139)
  • Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (R01HD057947)
Topics
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Social Psychology › Attachment and Relationship Dynamics
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Psychoanalysis and Psychopathology Research
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health › Maternal Mental Health During Pregnancy and Postpartum
Keywords
reflective functioning, infant attachment, secure attachment, disorganized attachment, home visiting, primiparous women, low-income urban families, early parenthood
MeSH terms
Adult, Female, House Calls, Humans, Infant, Mothers, Object Attachment, Parent-Child Relations, Pregnancy, Parenting, Vulnerable Populations

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