Testing maternal depression and attachment style as moderators of Early Head Start's effects on parenting.
This study examined maternal depression, attachment avoidance, and attachment anxiety as moderators of Early Head Start's effects on four parenting outcomes assessed at age three. Participants (N = 947) were drawn from six sites of the Early Head Start National Research and Evaluation Project, a multi-site randomized trial. Findings suggest more positive program effects for mothers with less initial attachment avoidance or attachment anxiety. First, baseline attachment avoidance moderated Early Head Start program effects on observed maternal supportiveness, such that program mothers with lower baseline attachment avoidance were rated as more supportive of their three-year-olds than program mothers with higher baseline attachment avoidance. Second, program effects on spanking varied depending on mothers' baseline attachment anxiety.
Center for Child and Family Policy, Duke University, Durham, NC, USA. ljberlin@duke.edu
Lisa J
LJ
Berlin
Leanne
L
Whiteside-Mansell
Lori A
LA
Roggman
Beth L
BL
Green
JoAnn
J
Robinson
Susan
S
Spieker
D000328:Adult; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003863:Depression / Q000150:complications; D018479:Early Intervention, Educational; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007407:Interviews as Topic; D009035:Mothers / Q000523:psychology*; D009769:Object Attachment; D016487:Parenting / Q000523:psychology*; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D014481:United States; D055815:Young Adult
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