Is Parent Behavioral Change Contingent on Parent Coach Commenting in the ABC Intervention?: Preliminary Resutls
| Author(s) | Haggerty, Danielle | |
| Date Accessioned | 2015-10-07T19:43:04Z | |
| Date Available | 2015-10-07T19:43:04Z | |
| Publication Date | 2015-05 | |
| Abstract | Foster children in the United States are vulnerable to psychological, physiological, and behavioral problems (Dozier, et al., 2006; Thompson & Calkins, 1996). The Attachment and Biobehavioral Catch- up (ABC) intervention was designed to address these problems proactively in at-risk children. The short-term intervention targets following the lead, delight, nurturance, and non-frightening parent behaviors. A unique component of the ABC intervention is its use of parent coach in vivo feedback, called In the Moment (ITM) comments, to the parent. Parent coaches give in the moment comments to either encourage or redirect parent behavior to be positive. In this study, we examined whether parent behavior change is contingent on ITM comments rather than chance. We explored our hypothesis that parent behavior change was contingent on ITM comments by using a microanalytic coding system. A total of 51 parent-child dyads were coded. Results demonstrated that contingent links existed between in the moment comments regarding delight and subsequent delighted parent behavior. | |
| Advisor | Mary Dozier | |
| Program | Psychology | |
| URL | http://udspace.udel.edu/handle/19716/17081 | |
| Language | en_US | en_US |
| Publisher | University of Delaware | en_US |
| Keywords | Research Subject Categories::SOCIAL SCIENCES::Social sciences::Psychology | en_US |
| Title | Is Parent Behavioral Change Contingent on Parent Coach Commenting in the ABC Intervention?: Preliminary Resutls | en_US |
| Type | Thesis | en_US |