Emotional attachment and emotional availability tele‐intervention for adoptive families

This study evaluated the new online Emotional Attachment and Emotional Availability (EA2) Intervention for use with adoptive families in enhancing parent–child EA, parental perceptions of EA, child attachment behaviors, parent–child emotional attachment, and reducing parent‐reported child behavioral problems and parenting‐related stress. Participants in this study were adoptive parents and their adopted children ages 1.5 to 5 years old (N = 15 dyads). Participants were placed in an immediate intervention group (IG) or a delayed intervention group (DG) that would receive the 6‐week EA2 Tele‐Intervention after the IG. Results revealed significant differences in the IG in child behavioral problems, parent–child EA, parental perceptions of EA, and parent–child emotional attachment, improvements not seen in the DG. Analysis of effects of the DG after receiving the EA2 Tele‐Intervention revealed significant differences over time also in most of these qualities. RESUMEN Este estudio evaluó la nueva electrónica Intervención de Afectividad Emocional y Disponibilidad Emocional (EA2) para uso con familias adoptivas para mejorar la EA entre progenitor y niño, las percepciones del progenitor sobre EA, las conductas de afectividad del niño, la afectividad emocional progenitor‐niño, y reducir los problemas de conducta del niño reportados por el progenitor así como el estrés relacionado con la crianza. Los participantes en el estudio fueron padres adoptivos y sus...
Source: Infant Mental Health Journal - Category: Child Development Authors: Tags: ARTICLE Source Type: research