Attachment Theory in the Assessment and Promotion of Parental Competency in Child Protection Cases

Cyr, Chantal; Dubois‐Comtois, Karine; Michel, Geneviève; Poulin, Caroline; Pascuzzo, Katherine; Losier, Valérie; Dumais, M.; St‐Laurent, Diane; Moss, Ellen

doi:10.5772/48771

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“…Group supervision involved AVI evaluators and two other psychologists with a PCA expertise, who gradually took charge of supervision. For a more detailed overview of the AVI protocol, see Cyr et al (2012;2020 in revision) and Moss et al (2018).…”

Section: Attachment Video-feedback Intervention (Avi)mentioning

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Improving parent–child interactions in maltreating families with the Attachment Video-feedback Intervention: Parental childhood trauma as a moderator of treatment effects

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Cyr

Alink

2020

Attachment & Human Development

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Research is demonstrating the effectiveness of attachment-based interventions for maltreating families. However, parents' own traumatic childhood experiences may interfere with treatment effects. The current study investigated in a sample of maltreating families whether effects of the Attachment Video-feedback Intervention (AVI) on parent-child interactive quality were moderated by parental childhood trauma. Families were randomized to receive AVI (n = 29) or a Psychoeducative intervention (PI; n = 19), or they were in anon-randomized comparison group (RS; n = 40). Parents filled out the Childhood Trauma Questionnaire and videotapes of parent-child interactions were coded for interactive quality. Parents who received AVI showed improved parent-child interactive quality compared to parents in PI and RS groups. However, parents with more severe levels of childhood trauma showed less improvements. Future research should explore whether clinical attention with a specific focus on trauma would increase treatement effects.

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Section: Attachment Video-feedback Intervention (Avi)mentioning

confidence: 99%

Improving parent–child interactions in maltreating families with the Attachment Video-feedback Intervention: Parental childhood trauma as a moderator of treatment effects

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Cyr

Alink

2020

Attachment & Human Development

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“…Treatment should become part of the diagnosis, as it has always been for experienced clinicians (Byng‐Hall, ). In particular, assessment of the potential for enhanced parenting is needed, for example, in custody cases in which decisions about out‐of‐home placement have to be considered (Cyr et al., ; Lindauer, Bakermans‐Kranenburg, van IJzendoorn, & Schuengel, ).…”

Section: Potential For Enhanced Parentingmentioning

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“…It also can be argued that parents have the right to receive the best possible support to care for their child, even when circumstances are stressful and the parents lack material and social resources. Preliminary findings (Cyr et al., ; Cyr, Paquette, Dubois‐Comtois, & Lopez, ) are promising, indicating that a “potential for enhanced parenting” diagnosis leads to less mistakes in decision‐making and creates better developmental prospects for the child than does a diagnosis as‐usual.…”

Section: Potential For Enhanced Parentingmentioning

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On Exactitude in Science: A Map of the Empire the Size of the Empire

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Steele

Granqvist

2018

Infant Mental Health Journal

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In the service of children's best interests, we argue for a sharpening of the evidentiary standards used in family court decision making, from preponderance of (occasionally substandard) evidence to "beyond a reasonable doubt." Second, we call for a move in child protection cases from static diagnoses (e.g., attachment classifications) to assessments of the potential for enhanced parenting. Finally, informed by the implications of the replication crisis in the biomedical and psychological sciences, we applaud the move of the attachment field forward to large-scale, collective research agendas and goals.

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“…Moreover, direct observations of parent-child interactions and an evaluation of the parent-child relationship are often lacking. Recently it has been argued that to provide a more representative and relevant assessment of parenting capacities, a structured evaluation of parents' capacity to improve relevant parenting behavior should be conducted (Cyr et al, 2012;Harnett, 2007;Lindauer, Bakermans-Kranenburg, Van IJzendoorn, & Schuengel, 2010). As proposed, such an assessment should be based on an evidence-based intervention conducted over a brief period of a few months and should at least include systematic observations of parent-child interactions.…”

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“…An important question in assessment is how parenting competence should be operationalized. Although there is no clear consensus on the definition (Choate & Engstrom, 2014), parental sensitivity seems to be one of the core constructs in this context (Cyr et al, 2012;Cyr & Alink, 2017). Parental sensitivity refers to the parent's ability to adequately perceive, interpret, and respond appropriately and in a timely fashion to signals of the child (Ainsworth, Bell, & Stayton, 1971) and has been linked to a range of positive child outcomes, such as social functioning (e.g., Van Zeijl et al, 2006), self-regulation (Eisenberg et al, 2001), and cognitive skills (e.g., Bernier, Carlson, & Whipple, 2010).…”

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Improving decision-making agreement in child protection cases by using information regarding parents' response to an intervention: A vignette study

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Berkel

Haan

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Children and Youth Services Review

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Out-of-home placement decisions are complex and have a high impact on the lives of children and their parents. This study investigated whether information regarding parents' response to an attachment-based intervention impacted placement decisions and agreement among decision-makers. We presented 144 professionals and Master students with vignettes reflecting child protection cases. In addition to the standard information, half of these vignettes included a description of parents' response to an attachment-based intervention. Participants were asked to read four vignettes (randomly selected out of sixteen) and to indicate whether they would advise an out-of-home placement. Generalized Estimating Equations showed that overall, participants did not converge more in their decisions for vignettes that included a description of parents' response to an attachment-based intervention than for vignettes that contained only standard information. However, the description did increase agreement when the vignettes reflected more ambiguous cases or when parents' described response was positive. Negative descriptions of parents' response increased agreement for Master students, but not for professionals. These findings provide initial evidence that information regarding parents' response to an attachment-based intervention may enhance the quality of placement decisions.

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Attachment Theory in the Assessment and Promotion of Parental Competency in Child Protection Cases

Cited by 14 publications

References 50 publications

Improving parent–child interactions in maltreating families with the Attachment Video-feedback Intervention: Parental childhood trauma as a moderator of treatment effects

Improving parent–child interactions in maltreating families with the Attachment Video-feedback Intervention: Parental childhood trauma as a moderator of treatment effects

On Exactitude in Science: A Map of the Empire the Size of the Empire

Improving decision-making agreement in child protection cases by using information regarding parents' response to an intervention: A vignette study

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