title: Training maltreating parents in elaborative and emotion-rich reminiscing with their preschool-aged children.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  In the current study, the effects of training maltreating parents and their preschool-aged children in elaborative and emotion-rich reminiscing were examined.
  
  
  METHODS
  44 Parent-child dyads were randomly assigned to a training (reminiscing) or wait-list (control) condition. All participating parents had substantiated maltreatment and were involved with the Department of Child Services at the time of enrollment. Children were 3-6 years old (M = 4.88, SD = .99) and living in the custody of the participating parent. Dyads in the reminiscing condition received four, weekly, in-home sessions in elaborative and emotion rich reminiscing.
  
  
  RESULTS
  At a follow-up assessment, maltreating parents in the reminiscing condition provided more high-elaborative utterances, references to children's negative emotions, and explanations of children's emotion during reminiscing than did parents in the control condition. Children in the reminiscing condition had richer memory recall and made more emotion references than did children in the control condition during reminiscing with their mothers, but not with an experimenter.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The findings suggest that maltreating parents can be taught elaborative and emotion-rich reminiscing skills, with benefits for child cognitive and emotional development. The potential clinical utility of a reminiscing-based training for maltreating families with young children is discussed.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychology, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, IN 46556, USA.
authors.forename: Kristin
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Valentino
authors.forename: Michelle
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Comas
authors.forename: Amy K
authors.initials: AK
authors.lastname: Nuttall
authors.forename: Taylor
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Thomas
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002648:Child; D002649:Child Abuse / Q000517:prevention & control; D002657:Child Development; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003071:Cognition; D004644:Emotions; D005260:Female; D006792:House Calls; D006801:Humans; D007389:Internal-External Control; D008297:Male; D011939:Mental Recall; D009034:Mother-Child Relations; D010290:Parents / Q000193:education*
keywords: Child abuse; Early childhood; Home-visiting; Intervention; Maltreatment; Parent training; Reminiscing
references.citation: J Abnorm Child Psychol. 2002 Oct;30(5):487-501
references.pmid: 12403152
references.citation: J Consult Clin Psychol. 1998 Feb;66(1):7-18
references.pmid: 9489259
references.citation: Dev Psychol. 2006 May;42(3):474-85
references.pmid: 16756439
references.citation: J Abnorm Child Psychol. 2008 May;36(4):567-89
references.pmid: 18205039
references.citation: J Abnorm Child Psychol. 2006 Dec;34(6):757-71
references.pmid: 17066223
references.citation: Pediatrics. 2005 Oct;116(4):891-900
references.pmid: 16199698
references.citation: J Am Acad Child Adolesc Psychiatry. 2004 Aug;43(8):960-70
references.pmid: 15266190
references.citation: Child Dev. 2007 Jul-Aug;78(4):1153-70
references.pmid: 17650131
references.citation: Dev Psychopathol. 1999 Winter;11(1):1-13
references.pmid: 10208353
references.citation: Child Dev. 2006 Nov-Dec;77(6):1568-88
references.pmid: 17107447
references.citation: J Clin Child Adolesc Psychol. 2003 Sep;32(3):467-86
references.pmid: 12881035
references.citation: J Clin Child Psychol. 1999 Sep;28(3):407-17
references.pmid: 10446690
references.citation: J Child Lang. 1999 Feb;26(1):49-67
references.pmid: 10217889
references.citation: JAMA. 1998 Oct 14;280(14):1238-44
references.pmid: 9786373
references.citation: Dev Psychol. 1997 Mar;33(2):295-307
references.pmid: 9147838
references.citation: J Child Psychol Psychiatry. 2010 Jun;51(6):706-16
references.pmid: 20050965
references.citation: Child Psychiatry Hum Dev. 2009 Dec;40(4):485-98
references.pmid: 19373551
references.citation: Psychol Rev. 2004 Apr;111(2):486-511
references.pmid: 15065919
references.citation: Child Dev. 2008 May-Jun;79(3):705-19
references.pmid: 18489422
references.citation: JAMA. 1997 Aug 27;278(8):637-43
references.pmid: 9272895
references.citation: Child Adolesc Psychiatr Clin N Am. 2009 Jul;18(3):735-51
references.pmid: 19486848
references.citation: Child Abuse Negl. 1996 Jan;20(1):23-43
references.pmid: 8640423
references.citation: Psychol Bull. 2003 Mar;129(2):195-215
references.pmid: 12696839
references.citation: Memory. 2003 Mar;11(2):193-202
references.pmid: 12820831
references.citation: Dev Psychol. 2004 Nov;40(6):979-92
references.pmid: 15535752
references.citation: Dev Psychol. 1999 Sep;35(5):1338-48
references.pmid: 10493658
references.citation: Clin Psychol Rev. 2006 Sep;26(5):535-54
references.pmid: 16815615
references.citation: Dev Psychopathol. 2011 Feb;23(1):195-210
references.pmid: 21262048
references.citation: J Consult Clin Psychol. 2004 Jun;72(3):500-510
references.pmid: 15279533
references.citation: Memory. 2003 Mar;11(2):179-92
references.pmid: 12820830
references.citation: Lancet. 2009 Jan 17;373(9659):250-66
references.pmid: 19056113
references.citation: J Child Psychol Psychiatry. 2009 Aug;50(8):1029-38
references.pmid: 19490313