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eCONNECT Parent Group: An Online Attachment-Based Intervention to Reduce Attachment Insecurity, Behavioral Problems,
Ilaria Maria Antonietta Benzi1, Nicola Carone1, Marlene Moretti2
1Lab on Attachment and Parenting-LAG, Department of Brain and Behavioral Sciences, University of Pavia, 27100 Pavia, Italy.
International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
|February 25, 2023
Summary
The online eCONNECT program, an attachment-based parenting intervention, effectively reduces adolescent attachment insecurity and behavioral problems. This intervention also improves parent-child affect regulation, showing lasting benefits at follow-up.
Area of Science:
- Psychology
- Developmental Psychology
- Clinical Psychology
Background:
- Secure parent-adolescent relationships are crucial for adolescent adjustment and well-being.
- Attachment-based parenting interventions, like the CONNECT program, have proven effective in reducing insecure attachment and behavioral issues.
- Online delivery of psychological interventions offers a scalable and accessible method for disseminating evidence-based practices.
Purpose of the Study:
- To evaluate the effectiveness of an online, 10-session, attachment-based parenting intervention (eCONNECT).
- To assess changes in adolescents' attachment insecurity (avoidance and anxiety) and behavioral problems (externalizing and internalizing).
- To examine alterations in parent-child affect regulation strategies (adaptive reflection, suppression, affect dysregulation).
Main Methods:
- A sample of 24 parents and their adolescents participated in the study.
- Participants were assessed at three time points: pre-intervention (t0), post-intervention (t1), and 2-month follow-up (t2).
- Mixed-effects regression models were used to analyze changes in attachment insecurity, behavioral problems, and affect regulation.
Main Results:
- Adolescents showed significant reductions in internalizing problems, externalizing problems, and attachment avoidance post-intervention.
- Reductions in externalizing problems and attachment avoidance were maintained at the 2-month follow-up.
- A decrease in parent-child affect dysregulation was also observed.
Conclusions:
- The online eCONNECT intervention demonstrates preliminary evidence of suitability for improving at-risk adolescents' developmental trajectories.
- The intervention effectively reduces attachment insecurity, behavioral problems, and parent-child affect dysregulation.
- Online delivery facilitates the agile dissemination of evidence-based parenting interventions.
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