Parenting interventions to support parent/child attachment and psychosocial adjustment in foster and adoptive parents and children: A systematic review

AbstractBackgroundParenting interventions have important consequences for the wellbeing and emotional competences of parents and their children. Technology provides an opportunity with advantages for psychological intervention. The aim of this systematic review and meta-analysis is to analyze the characteristics and effectiveness of technology-based interventions for parents to promote children's physical health or psychological issues.MethodsWe conducted a systematic review and meta-analysis for articles about parenting skills for prevention or treatment of children's physical or psychological concerns using technology. We explore the aim of the intervention with parents, kind of problem with children, intervention model, instruments, methodological quality, and risk of bias. A random-effects meta-analysis was conducted.ResultsTwenty-four studies were included in the systematic review and a meta-analysis of 22 studies was performed to find out the effects of intervention depending on the kind of problem, intervention model, follow-up, type of intervention, type of control condition, and type of outcome data. Results show the usefulness of technology-based therapy for parenting interventions with moderate effect sizes for intervention groups with statistically significant differences from control groups.ConclusionsTechnology-based parenting programs have positive effects on parenting and emotional wellbeing of parents and children. Attendance and participation level in technology-based treatment increase compared with traditional parenting intervention.

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Musical Engagement and Parent-Child Attachment in Families with Young Children During the Covid-19 Pandemic

10.31234/osf.io/v458u ◽

2020 ◽

Author(s):

Selena Steinberg ◽

Talia Liu ◽

Miriam D Lense

Keyword(s):

Young Children ◽

The United States ◽

Parent Child Relationship ◽

Online Questionnaire ◽

Child Attachment ◽

Parents And Children ◽

Musical Engagement ◽

The Usa ◽

Common Parent ◽

Parent Child

The onset of the Covid-19 pandemic has disrupted the lives of families in the United States and across the world, impacting parent mental health and stress, and in turn, the parent-child relationship. Music is a common parent-child activity and has been found to positively impact relationships, but little is known about music’s role in parent-child interactions during a pandemic. The current study utilized an online questionnaire to assess the use of music in the home of young children and their parents in the USA and Canada during Covid-19 and its relationship with parents’ affective attachment with their child. Musical activity was high for both parents and children. Parents reported using music for both emotion regulation and to socially connect with their children. Parent-child musical engagement was associated with parent-child attachment, controlling for relevant parent variables including parent distress, efficacy, education and parent-child engagement in non-musical activities. These results indicate that music may be an effective tool for building and maintaining parent-child relationships during a period of uncertainty and change.

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A Systematic Review of Representational and Behavioral Measures of Parent-Child Attachment Available for Middle Childhood

Human Development ◽

10.1159/000521393 ◽

2021 ◽

Author(s):

Marissa Gastelle ◽

Kathryn A. Kerns

Keyword(s):

Systematic Review ◽

Middle Childhood ◽

Validity Evidence ◽

Age Group ◽

Behavioral Measures ◽

Comprehensive Review ◽

New Methods ◽

Child Attachment ◽

Parent Child

A variety of parent-child attachment measures, representing a range of conceptual approaches, have been adapted for use in middle childhood. A recent surge in studies using the new methods makes a comprehensive review of these measures timely. This systematic review of 67 studies covers representational and behavioral measures of parent-child attachment used with children 9-12 years old. This paper aims to evaluate parent-child attachment measurements with an emphasis on understanding their theoretical bases in addition to considering the available validity evidence. Findings identify several independently well-validated representational measures, and they highlight a continued need to investigate direct comparisons of the measures, as very little research has considered how the measures relate to each other, both conceptually and empirically. Behavioral measures of attachment in middle childhood, which are relatively new, are identified as potentially important in developing a better understanding of attachment measurement in this age group.

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Effects of parenting interventions for mothers with depressive symptoms and an infant: systematic review and meta-analysis

BJPsych Open ◽

10.1192/bjo.2019.89 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 6 (1) ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

Signe B. Rayce ◽

Ida S. Rasmussen ◽

Mette Skovgaard Væver ◽

Maiken Pontoppidan

Keyword(s):

Systematic Review ◽

Depressive Symptoms ◽

Child Development ◽

Meta Analysis ◽

Parenting Interventions ◽

Parent Child Relationship ◽

Post Intervention ◽

Supportive Parenting ◽

Child Relationship ◽

Parent Child

Background Postpartum depression is common in the perinatal period and poses a risk for the development of the infant and the mother–infant relationship. Infancy is a critical developmental period of life and supportive parenting is crucial for healthy development, however, the effects of interventions aimed at improving parenting among mothers with depression are uncertain. Aims To assess the effects of parenting interventions on parent–child relationship and child development among mothers with depressive symptoms with 0–12-month-old infants. Method We conducted a systematic review with the inclusion criteria: (a) randomised controlled trials of structured psychosocial parenting interventions for women with depressive symptoms and a child aged 0–12 months in Western Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development countries, (b) minimum three sessions with at least half of these delivered postnatally and (c) outcomes relating to the parent–child-relationship and/or child development. Publications were extracted from 10 databases in September 2018 and supplemented with grey search and hand search. We assessed risk of bias, calculated effect sizes and conducted meta-analysis. Results Eight papers representing seven trials were included. We conducted meta-analysis on the post-intervention parent–child relationship. The analysis included six studies and showed no significant effect. For individual study outcomes, no significant effects on the majority of both the parent–child relationship and child development outcomes were reported. Conclusions No evidence of the effect of parenting interventions for mothers with depressive symptoms was found on the parent–child relationship and child development. Larger studies with follow-up assessments are needed, and future reviews should examine the effects in non-Western countries.

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Associations Between Early Childhood Parent–Child Attachment and Internalizing/Externalizing Symptoms: A Systematic Review and Narrative Synthesis

Marriage & Family Review ◽

10.1080/01494929.2021.1879984 ◽

2021 ◽

pp. 1-48

Author(s):

Shaylea D. Badovinac ◽

Rebecca Pillai Riddell ◽

Audrey-Ann Deneault ◽

Jodi Martin ◽

Jean-François Bureau ◽

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Keyword(s):

Systematic Review ◽

Early Childhood ◽

Externalizing Symptoms ◽

Narrative Synthesis ◽

Child Attachment ◽

Parent Child

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The association of mobile touch screen device use with parent-child attachment: A systematic review

Ergonomics ◽

10.1080/00140139.2021.1948617 ◽

2021 ◽

pp. 1-44

Author(s):

Rebecca Hood ◽

Juliana Zabatiero ◽

Stephen Zubrick ◽

Desiree Silva ◽

Leon Straker

Keyword(s):

Systematic Review ◽

Touch Screen ◽

Child Attachment ◽

Device Use ◽

Parent Child

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Musical Engagement and Parent-Child Attachment in Families With Young Children During the Covid-19 Pandemic

Frontiers in Psychology ◽

10.3389/fpsyg.2021.641733 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 12 ◽

Author(s):

Selena Steinberg ◽

Talia Liu ◽

Miriam D. Lense

Keyword(s):

United States ◽

Young Children ◽

The United States ◽

Parent Child Relationship ◽

Online Questionnaire ◽

Child Attachment ◽

Parents And Children ◽

Musical Engagement ◽

Common Parent ◽

Parent Child

The onset of the Covid-19 pandemic has disrupted the lives of families in the United States and across the world, impacting parent mental health and stress, and in turn, the parent-child relationship. Music is a common parent-child activity and has been found to positively impact relationships, but little is known about music’s role in parent-child interactions during a pandemic. The current study utilized an online questionnaire to assess the use of music in the home of young children and their parents in the United States and Canada during Covid-19 and its relationship with parents’ affective attachment with their child. Musical activity was high for both parents and children. Parents reported using music for both emotion regulation and to socially connect with their children. Parent-child musical engagement was associated with parent-child attachment, controlling for relevant parent variables including parent distress, efficacy, education, and parent-child engagement in non-musical activities. These results indicate that music may be an effective tool for building and maintaining parent-child relationships during a period of uncertainty and change.

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