This study evaluated whether Attachment and Biobehavioral Catch-up (ABC), a parenting intervention, altered the attachment representations of parents (average age of 34.2 years) who had been referred to Child Protective Services (CPS) due to risk for child maltreatment when their children were infants. Approximately 7 years after completing the intervention, parents who had been randomized to receive ABC (n = 43) exhibited greater secure base script knowledge than parents who had been randomized to receive a control intervention (n = 51). Low-risk parents (n = 79) exhibited greater secure base script knowledge than CPS-referred parents who had received a control intervention. However, levels of secure base script knowledge did not differ between low-risk parents and CPS-referred parents who had received the ABC intervention. In addition, secure base script knowledge was positively associated with parental sensitivity during interactions with their 8-year-old children among low-risk and CPS-referred parents. Mediational analyses supported the idea that the ABC intervention enhanced parents’ sensitivity 7 years later indirectly via increases in parents’ secure base script knowledge.

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通过依恋和生物行为追赶增加父母的安全基础知识

本研究评估了依恋和生物行为追赶（ABC），一种育儿干预措施，是否改变了父母（平均年龄 34.2 岁）的依恋表征，这些父母因儿童虐待风险而被转介到儿童保护服务机构（CPS）。儿童是婴儿。在完成干预后大约 7 年，被随机分配接受 ABC 的父母（n= 43) 表现出比随机接受对照干预的父母更高的安全基础脚本知识 (n= 51)。低风险父母（n= 79) 表现出比接受控制干预的 CPS 推荐的父母更多的安全基础脚本知识。然而，低风险父母和接受 ABC 干预的 CPS 转介父母之间的安全基础脚本知识水平没有差异。此外，在低风险和 CPS 推荐的父母中，安全的基本脚本知识与与 8 岁儿童互动时的父母敏感性呈正相关。中介分析支持这样一种观点，即 7 年后，ABC 干预通过增加父母的安全基础脚本知识间接提高了父母的敏感性。