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The Attachment and Biobehavioral Catch-up (ABC) intervention improved infant emotion regulation strategies, particularly for infants with higher emotional reactivity. This attachment-based approach shows preventive value for early childhood development.

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  • Child Psychiatry
  • Public Health

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  • Early infant emotion regulation is crucial for long-term development.
  • Preventive interventions are needed to support emotion regulation in infancy.
  • Infants with higher emotional reactivity may benefit more from emotion regulation support.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To examine the effects of an attachment-based intervention on infant emotion regulation strategies.
  • To assess the intervention's impact on infant emotion dysregulation.
  • To investigate if infant emotional reactivity moderates intervention effects.

Main Methods:

  • A randomized trial involving 186 low-income infants and their caregivers.
  • The Attachment and Biobehavioral Catch-up (ABC) intervention was compared to a control group receiving books.
  • Data collected included infant emotion regulation strategies and emotion dysregulation during a fear-inducing procedure.

Main Results:

  • The ABC intervention showed a significant main effect on infants' use of mother-oriented emotion regulation strategies.
  • Infant emotional reactivity moderated intervention effects on both mother-oriented strategies and emotion dysregulation.
  • Stronger intervention effects were observed for infants with higher emotional reactivity.

Conclusions:

  • Attachment-based interventions like ABC can effectively support early emotion regulation.
  • These interventions are particularly beneficial for infants with higher emotional reactivity.
  • The findings support the preventive value of attachment-based approaches for early childhood development.