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Laura Hennefield1,2, Kirsten Gilbert3, Meghan Rose Donohue3
1Department of Psychiatry, Washington University School of Medicine, Saint Louis, MO, USA. lhennefield@wustl.edu.
A brief Parent-Child Interaction Therapy-Emotion Development (PCIT-ED) intervention, delivered in-person or remotely, effectively reduced psychopathology symptoms in young children from low-income backgrounds. This early intervention improved externalizing behaviors and peer relationships.
Area of Science:
- Child Psychology
- Developmental Psychopathology
- Clinical Intervention Research
Background:
- Children in poverty face higher risks for psychopathology.
- Early sensitive caregiving can mitigate negative psychological outcomes.
- Accessible interventions for caregiver-child dyads are limited.
Purpose of the Study:
- To assess the feasibility and effectiveness of a shortened Parent-Child Interaction Therapy-Emotion Development (PCIT-ED) intervention.
- To evaluate PCIT-ED delivered in-person or remotely for at-risk children aged 3-6.
- To compare PCIT-ED with online parenting education for children in low-income communities.
Main Methods:
- A randomized controlled trial involving 62 caregiver-child dyads.
- Participants were children aged 3-6 from low-income communities at elevated risk for psychopathology.
- Dyads were randomized to eight sessions of PCIT-ED or online parenting education.
Main Results:
- Children receiving PCIT-ED showed significantly lower externalizing symptoms compared to the parenting education group.
- PCIT-ED intervention led to reduced functional impairment in children.
- Children in the PCIT-ED group demonstrated improved positive peer relationships post-intervention.
Conclusions:
- A shortened, eight-session PCIT-ED program is effective as an early intervention.
- In-person and remote delivery of PCIT-ED are feasible and beneficial.
- PCIT-ED improves psychopathology symptoms and functioning in high-risk children from low-income settings.
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