Attachment-based intervention improves Japanese parent-child relationship quality: A pilot study

Kitagawa, Megumi; Iwamoto, Sayaka; Umemura, Tomotaka; Kudo, Shimpei; Kazui, Miyuki; Matsubara, Hiromi; Mesman, Judi

doi:10.1007/s12144-020-01297-9

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“…It is also possible that the knowledge acquired during the intervention is coded and encoded in different ways in the parental mind, are processed differently, and may manifest themselves at different times and pacing. There is some evidence that cognitive and reflective shifts in the parent's representation after going through the COSP™ program may take time to form in a more articulate fashion (Kitagawa, Iwamoto, Umemura et al ., 2021), while the procedural, behavioral knowledge and insights gained from the COSP™ intervention may be implemented more promptly in the parent's behavioral repertoire. A similar pattern of findings was found in a randomized control trial of a mentalization‐based, home‐based, interdisciplinary intervention for 105 infants and their families called minding the baby (MTB; Sadler et al ., 2013).…”

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“…In terms of mentalizing, there is only limited evidence that COSP™ promotes parental verbal mentalizing (e.g., Kitagawa et al ., 2021; Kohlhoff et al ., 2016; Risholm Mothander et al ., 2018). Future studies would benefit from adding to the embodied assessment of parental mentalizing also verbal measures, to provide a more comprehensive understanding of how COSP™ shapes different aspects of parental mentalizing.…”

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I'm with you, baby: Using parental embodied mentalizing in a pilot study to capture change following the circle of security parenting intervention

Shai,

Boris,

Brandtzæg

et al. 2023

Scandinavian J Psychology

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Supported by a large body of work demonstrating the impact of infant attachment representations on subsequent development, numerous therapeutic programs have been developed to promote secure attachment, with increasing focus on parental mentalizing. Nonetheless, empirical evidence supporting their effectiveness has yet to be fully established. The current pilot study (N = 24) was designed to evaluate whether and to what extent parents' shifts in parental mentalizing following a brief attachment‐based group intervention, namely circle of security parenting (COSP; Cooper, Hoffman & Powell, 2009) can be captured using the parental embodied mentalizing instrument (PEM; Shai & Belsky, 2017). Compared to a waiting list–control group, this small‐scale study examined whether community‐based low‐risk mothers of infants aged 5–48 months show an increase in their observed PEM capacities following the intervention. Secondary self‐reported outcome variables parental stress, feeling of competence, and self‐compassion. Findings show that PEM ratings improved significantly over time in the COSP group, but not in the control group. Intervention group mother–infant dyads also presented significantly longer embodied interactions communication post intervention compared to the control group. No effects of the COSP on parental stress, competence, or self‐compassion were found. Despite the small sample size, these results tentatively suggest that COSP can improve embodied mentalizing abilities.

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I'm with you, baby: Using parental embodied mentalizing in a pilot study to capture change following the circle of security parenting intervention

Shai,

Boris,

Brandtzæg

et al. 2023

Scandinavian J Psychology

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“…To be specific, teachers, psychological consultants, and social workers should correct college students' attention bias to negative information and help them make reasonable attributions as to the cause of the COVID-19 pandemic. However, considering the longterm effects of COVID-19, it is more necessary to improve the quality of parent-child relationships through attachmentbased psychological interventions (Kitagawa et al, 2021), which may increase individuals' perceived support and relieve their PTSSs for a longer period.…”

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Attention to negative information and PTSSs during the COVID-19: A moderated mediational model

Yang

Zhou

2022

Curr Psychol

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Post-traumatic stress symptoms (PTSSs) have been a common negative psychological response during the COVID-19 pandemic. Previous theories emphasized the unique effects of cognitive and family factors on PTSSs and overlooked their combined role, which suggested that the mechanisms underlying PTSSs were not fully understood. To fill this gap, this study aimed to examine the associations between attention to negative information, blaming others, parent-child relationship and PTSSs, as well as the combined role of these factors on PTSSs. During the COVID-19 pandemic, 1153 college students completed self-report questionnaires. Results indicated that attention to negative information increased PTSSs, both directly and via blaming others. Moreover, parent-child relationship buffered both the exacerbating effect of attention to negative information on blaming others and the effect of blaming others on worsening PTSSs. The current study integrates existing theories, expands the field of trauma research through considering the effect of cognitive and family factors on PTSSs, and provides theoretical support for interventions to relieve PTSSs.

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“…Externalizing and internalizing problems were assessed concurrently by the mother, and 6 months later by both mother and another adult who knew the infant well to increase psychometric reliability. This study is particularly important because attachment‐based interventions for Japanese children have recently begun to be implemented (Kitagawa et al., 2021; Kubo et al., 2021), although non‐Western evidence of infant attachment is still insufficient.…”

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Japanese infants’ attachment insecurity and externalizing/internalizing problems: Using strange situation and attachment Q‐sort methods

Umemura

Iwamoto

Tanaka

2022

Infant Mental Health Journal

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According to attachment theory, an infant-mother attachment is universal, and infants who develop an insecure attachment relationship with their mother are likely to show mental health problems compared to those who develop a secure attachment relationship. These hypotheses have been empirically supported in Western cultures. However, the cross-cultural evidence is still insufficient. The purpose of this study was to examine the association between Japanese infants' attachment insecurity and mental health problems. We studied 81 Japanese infants (M age = 14.64 months, SD = 1.43, females = 54%) mostly from middleclass families. The Strange Situation Procedure (SSP) and Attachment Q-sort (AQS) assessed infant attachment security. Infant externalizing and internalizing problems were rated concurrently by the mother and 6 months later by the mother and another adult (father or grandmother). Japanese infants' attachment insecurity measured by the AQS was associated with their externalizing problems concurrently and 6 months later. Infants with insecure-resistant attachment measured by the SSP had higher externalizing problems compared to those with secure attachment concurrently (not 6 months later). Attachment insecurity was not related to internalizing problems. These findings partly supported the association between attachment insecurity and mental health problems. This research also recommends observing infant attachment at home.

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Attachment-based intervention improves Japanese parent-child relationship quality: A pilot study

Cited by 6 publications

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I'm with you, baby: Using parental embodied mentalizing in a pilot study to capture change following the circle of security parenting intervention

I'm with you, baby: Using parental embodied mentalizing in a pilot study to capture change following the circle of security parenting intervention

Attention to negative information and PTSSs during the COVID-19: A moderated mediational model

Japanese infants’ attachment insecurity and externalizing/internalizing problems: Using strange situation and attachment Q‐sort methods

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