Resilience Through Interventions for Successful Early Outcomes
Leveraging Scientific Advances to Strengthen the Implementation, Evaluation, and Impacts of Intervention Programs for Children Experiencing Early Life Adversity
University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
150 participants
Nov 12, 2024
INTERVENTIONAL
Conditions
Summary
Purpose: The purpose of this research is to determine the effects of Attachment and Biobehavioral Catch-up (ABC), an evidence-based parenting program, on stress biomarkers in children. Participants: The study will involve approximately 150 caregiver-child dyads, with children aged between 24 and 42 months. Participants will include primary caregivers fluent in English or Spanish, along with their children who have experienced social risk factors for adversity. Procedures (Methods): Participants will be randomly assigned to either receive the ABC parenting program (10 sessions) immediately or be placed on a wait-list, receiving the program after about 4 months. The study procedures include caregivers completing online surveys, engaging in play-based observational tasks with their children, and collecting non-invasive biological samples (saliva, cheek swab, hair) from the children and saliva samples from the caregivers at 2-3 time-points.
Eligibility
Inclusion Criteria7
- Aged 18 or older
- Speaks English or Spanish
- Is the parent or legal guardian with legal custody of a child aged between 24 months and 42 months
- Is a primary caregiver/parent
- Has a home-like environment in which to participate in the intervention
- Aged between 24 months and 42 months at enrollment
- Lives with the parent/caregiver at least 50% of the time
Exclusion Criteria1
- Has a diagnosed genetic or congenital disorders, including but not limited to Down syndrome, cerebral palsy, seizure disorders, endocrine disorders (or is using steroid medications, including human growth hormone), or was born with birth defects
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Interventions
10-session home visiting intervention designed to increase parental sensitivity and nurturance and decrease parental frightening behavior.
A 4-month waitlist period, after which they will also receive the home-based ABC program (same as Intervention group).
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NCT06669624