title: Enhancing positive parent-child interactions and family functioning in a poverty sample: a randomized control trial.
abstract: This study tested the attachment-based intervention program Video-feedback Intervention to promote Positive Parenting and Sensitive Discipline (VIPP-SD) in a randomized controlled trial with poor families of toddlers screened for professional's concerns about the child's caregiving environment. The VIPP-SD is an evidence-based intervention, but has not yet been tested in the context of poverty. The sample included 43 families with 1- to 4-year-old children: mean age at the pretest was 29 months and 51% were boys. At the pretest and posttest, mother-child interactions were observed at home, and mothers reported on family functioning. The VIPP-SD proved to be effective in enhancing positive parent-child interactions and positive family relations in a severely deprived context. Results are discussed in terms of implications for support services provided to such poor families in order to reduce intergenerational risk transmission.
authors: a Center for Studies in Human Development, Faculty of Education and Psychology , Catholic University , Porto , Portugal.
authors: Mariana
authors: M
authors: Negrão
authors: Mariana
authors: M
authors: Pereira
authors: Isabel
authors: I
authors: Soares
authors: Judi
authors: J
authors: Mesman
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005219:Father-Child Relations; D030141:Feedback, Psychological; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009034:Mother-Child Relations; D016487:Parenting; D011174:Portugal; D011203:Poverty; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors; D014741:Video Recording; D055815:Young Adult
keywords: attachment; family functioning; intervention; parenting; parent–child interaction; poverty