Parenting Journal · Volume 1 · Issue 1 · Licensed source edition
Manualised Attachment-Based Interventions for Improving Caregiver-Infant Relationships: A Two-Stage Systematic Review
Originally published 2024-11-18 · Clinical Child and Family Psychology Review
Springer Science and Business Media LLC · DOI 10.1007/s10567-024-00497-0 ↗
Editorial reading guide · Trust
What evidence sits behind structured attachment-based parenting support?
The review helps parents and practitioners distinguish a reassuring intervention name from actual evidence about caregiver–infant relationships.
Who was studied?
Manualised attachment-based caregiver–infant interventions; 40 relational-outcome studies
Age / stage: Conception to two years
Read with three questions
- Which interventions had studies of actual caregiver–infant relational outcomes?
- Which outcomes were observer-rated rather than reported by parents?
- Why were the studies too diverse for a single pooled effectiveness estimate?
Keep the limits in view
English-language journal restrictions, varied designs/outcomes and a predominantly UK/US evidence base limit generalization. Promising interventions still have methodological limitations and require appropriate professional delivery.
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A Wittkowski; C Crompton; M W Wan (2024). Manualised Attachment-Based Interventions for Improving Caregiver-Infant Relationships: A Two-Stage Systematic Review Clinical Child and Family Psychology Review. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10567-024-00497-0
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