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A French home-visiting program showed a trend toward improving infant attachment security in high-risk families, though not statistically significant. Further research is needed to confirm the long-term effects of early intervention on attachment quality.

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  • Developmental Psychology
  • Early Childhood Intervention
  • Attachment Theory

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  • Attachment is a crucial emotional bond between infants and caregivers, influencing social development and environmental exploration.
  • Existing infant attachment intervention programs show varied efficacy across different contexts.
  • Understanding attachment quality distributions in vulnerable populations is key for targeted interventions.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To determine children's attachment quality distributions in a French multi-risk population receiving a preventive home-visiting intervention.
  • To compare attachment security between infants receiving a reinforced intervention, usual care, or no intervention.

Main Methods:

  • The study involved 117 women and their infants in the CAPEDP (Parenting and Attachment in Early Childhood) project.
  • Infant attachment security was assessed using the Strange Situation Paradigm between 12 and 16 months of age.
  • A sub-sample was recruited to evaluate the effects of a home-visiting program on attachment.

Main Results:

  • The reinforced intervention group showed a higher percentage of secure infant attachment (63%) compared to the control group (56%).
  • Insecure attachment rates were 15% avoidant and 22% ambivalent/resistant in the intervention group, versus 27% avoidant and 17% ambivalent/resistant in the control group.
  • The difference in secure attachment between the intervention and control groups did not reach statistical significance (Chi²(2)=2.40, P=0.30).

Conclusions:

  • Intervention group attachment distributions more closely resembled normative samples, suggesting a potential clinical impact.
  • Factors such as a robust French perinatal health system and the timing of assessments may have attenuated the observed statistical impact.
  • A 'sleeper effect' is possible, with potential for clearer results in future follow-up assessments at 48 months.