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Improving Parent–Child Interactions in Maltreating Families with the Attachment Video-feedback Intervention: Parental Childhood Trauma as a Moderator of Treatment Effects

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van der Asdonk, Sabine, Cyr, Chantal, Alink, Lenneke·2021·Attachment & Human Development

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Research is demonstrating the effectiveness of attachment-based interventions for maltreating families. However, parents’ own traumatic childhood experiences may interfere with treatment effects. The current study investigated in a sample of maltreating families whether effects of the Attachment Video-feedback Intervention (AVI) on parent–child interactive quality were moderated by parental childhood trauma. Families were randomized to receive AVI (n = 29) or a Psychoeducative intervention (PI; n = 19), or they were in anon-randomized comparison group (RS; n = 40). Parents filled out the Childhood Trauma Questionnaire and videotapes of parent–child interactions were coded for interactive quality. Parents who received AVI showed improved parent–child interactive quality compared to parents in PI and RS groups. However, parents with more severe levels of childhood trauma showed less improvements. Future research should explore whether clinical attention with a specific focus on trauma would increase treatement effects.

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  • Several short-term intervention programs aimed at abusive parents or those at risk of abuse have proven effective, but only for those parents who have not suffered from traumatic childhood experiences and who are not particularly narcissistically vulnerable.

    “Within the framework of attachment theory, several short-term intervention programs aimed at abusive parents or those at risk of abuse have recently been developed, which have proven effective, but only for those parents who have not suffered from traumatic childhood experiences and who are not particularly narcissistically vulnerable [74].”

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  • It is necessary to identify these parents early in order to provide them with the most appropriate intervention aimed at processing their traumatic experiences as soon as possible.

    “and these findings indicate that it is necessary to identify these parents early in order to provide them with the most appropriate intervention aimed at processing their traumatic experiences as soon as possible.”

    From Psychoanalytic Interventions with Abusive Parents: An Opportunity for Children’s Mental Health (2022) · cites this paper as [74]

    The Implications for research and clinical practice section says identifying maltreating parents severely affected by childhood adversity is important and suggests an additional component focused on processing their trauma. It presents that component as a possibility requiring further research, not an established most appropriate intervention, and does not specify early identification or treatment as soon as possible. The supplied passages have no page numbers. (LLM, conf=0.86)

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  • Parents who have experienced childhood maltreatment represent a specific group of parents for whom it is more difficult to intervene effectively.

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  • Abusive parents who have undergone more traumatic experiences respond less well to brief intervention.

    “The study also found that abusive parents who have undergone more traumatic experiences respond less well to brief intervention”

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Authors
van der Asdonk, S., Cyr, C., & Alink, L.
Affiliations
  • Institute of Education and Child Studies, Leiden University
  • Université du Québec à Montréal (CA)
  • Leiden University (NL)
Corresponding author
Cyr, Chantal
Venue
Attachment & Human Development
Published
2020-08-04
Volume
23
Issue
6
Pages
876-896
ISSN
  • 1461-6734 (ISSN-L)
  • 1469-2988
OpenAlex
W3046951941
Cited by
23
References
68
Citations by year
2026: 4 · 2025: 5 · 2024: 5 · 2023: 2 · 2022: 5 · 2021: 1 · 2020: 1
FWCI
0.90
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Locations
  • Attachment & Human Development (publishedVersion, cc-by-nc-nd)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • Leiden Repository (Leiden University) (submittedVersion, cc-by-nc-nd)
  • Data Archiving and Networked Services (DANS) (submittedVersion, cc-by-nc-nd)
Funders
  • Fonds de Recherche du Québec - Santé
  • Leiden University Fund
  • Jo Kolk Studiefonds
  • Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada
  • Canada Research Chair program
Topics
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Child Abuse and Trauma
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Social Psychology › Attachment and Relationship Dynamics
  • Social Sciences › Safety Research › Child Welfare and Adoption
Keywords
child abuse, parent-child interaction, attachment-based intervention, moderation, treatment effects, interactive quality
MeSH terms
Feedback, Humans, Object Attachment, Parent-Child Relations, Parents, Parenting

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