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. 2011 Jan;13(1):49-67.
doi: 10.1080/14616734.2010.488122.

Testing maternal depression and attachment style as moderators of Early Head Start's effects on parenting

Lisa J Berlin  1 , Leanne Whiteside-Mansell, Lori A Roggman, Beth L Green, JoAnn Robinson, Susan Spieker
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Testing maternal depression and attachment style as moderators of Early Head Start's effects on parenting

Lisa J Berlin et al. Attach Hum Dev. 2011 Jan.

Abstract

This study examined maternal depression, attachment avoidance, and attachment anxiety as moderators of Early Head Start's effects on four parenting outcomes assessed at age three. Participants (N = 947) were drawn from six sites of the Early Head Start National Research and Evaluation Project, a multi-site randomized trial. Findings suggest more positive program effects for mothers with less initial attachment avoidance or attachment anxiety. First, baseline attachment avoidance moderated Early Head Start program effects on observed maternal supportiveness, such that program mothers with lower baseline attachment avoidance were rated as more supportive of their three-year-olds than program mothers with higher baseline attachment avoidance. Second, program effects on spanking varied depending on mothers' baseline attachment anxiety.

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EHS program effects on maternal supportiveness at age 3, moderated by baseline maternal attachment avoidance.
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EHS program effects on maternal supportiveness at age 3 for mothers “low” and “high” on baseline attachment avoidance.
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Figure 3
EHS program effects on spanking at age 3, moderated by baseline maternal attachment anxiety.
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Figure 4
EHS program effects on spanking at age 3 for mothers “low” and “high” on baseline attachment anxiety.
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