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  • Developmental Psychology
  • Family Studies

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  • Parental reflective functioning (PRF) is crucial for child development.
  • Group interventions can enhance PRF and related child outcomes.
  • Understanding predictors of intervention success is vital for tailored support.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate pretreatment predictors of improvement in PRF and child outcomes following the DUET group intervention.
  • To identify distinct parental and family subgroups and their differential responses to the intervention.

Main Methods:

  • Longitudinal study of 142 parents and 107 preschool children.
  • Intervention: DUET group program.
  • Assessments: Pre-intervention, post-intervention, and 6-month follow-up.
  • Measures: Parental reflective functioning, child self-regulation, child self-distraction, parental sensitivity, child problem behavior, locus of control.

Main Results:

  • Lower pretreatment levels of PRF, child self-regulation, and self-distraction predicted greater improvement.
  • Two family subgroups emerged: low-distress and high-distress.
  • High-distress families showed greater gains in parental sensitivity and reduced child problem behavior.
  • Low-distress families showed greater improvement in locus of control.

Conclusions:

  • The DUET program effectively enhances PRF and child outcomes.
  • Pretreatment levels and family distress characteristics are important moderators of intervention outcomes.
  • Tailoring interventions based on family profiles may optimize results.