Skip to main page content
U.S. flag

An official website of the United States government

Dot gov

The .gov means it’s official.
Federal government websites often end in .gov or .mil. Before sharing sensitive information, make sure you’re on a federal government site.

Https

The site is secure.
The https:// ensures that you are connecting to the official website and that any information you provide is encrypted and transmitted securely.

Access keys NCBI Homepage MyNCBI Homepage Main Content Main Navigation
Randomized Controlled Trial
. 2022 Feb;34(1):55-67.
doi: 10.1017/S0954579420000905. Epub 2020 Sep 10.

School age effects of Minding the Baby-An attachment-based home-visiting intervention-On parenting and child behaviors

Amalia Londono Tobon  1 , Eileen Condon  2 , Lois S Sadler  1   2 , Margaret L Holland  2 , Linda C Mayes  1 , Arietta Slade  1   2
Affiliations
Randomized Controlled Trial

School age effects of Minding the Baby-An attachment-based home-visiting intervention-On parenting and child behaviors

Amalia Londono Tobon et al. Dev Psychopathol. 2022 Feb.

Erratum in

Abstract

Multiple interventions have been developed to improve the caregiver-child relationship as a buffer to the effects of early life adversity and toxic stress. However, relatively few studies have evaluated the long-term effects of these early childhood interventions, particularly on parenting and childhood behaviors. Here we describe the early school-age follow-up results of a randomized controlled trial of Minding the Baby ® (MTB), a reflective, attachment-based, trauma-informed, preventive home-visiting intervention for first-time mothers and their infants. Results indicate that mothers who participated in MTB are less likely to show impaired mentalizing compared to control mothers two to eight years after the intervention ended. Additionally, MTB mothers have lower levels of hostile and coercive parenting, and their children have lower total and externalizing problem behavior scores when compared to controls at follow-up. We discuss our findings in terms of their contribution to understanding the long-term parenting and childhood socio-emotional developmental effects of early preventive interventions for stressed populations.

Keywords: child problem behaviors; home visiting; mentalization; parenting; reflective functioning.

PubMed Disclaimer

Figures

Figure 1.
Figure 1.
Flow of participants from original study through the Minding the Baby ®-Early School Age follow-up MTB-ESA follow-up study.
See this image and copyright information in PMC

References

    1. Achenbach TM, & Ruffle TM (2000). The child behavior checklist and related forms for assessing behavioral/emotional problems and competencies. Pediatrics in Review, 21, 265–271. doi:10.1542/pir.21-8-265 - DOI - PubMed
    1. Allen J. (2012). Mentalizing in the development and treatment of attachment trauma. London: Karnac.
    1. Anda RF, Brown DW, Felitti VJ, Bremner JD, Dube SR, & Giles WH (2007). Adverse childhood experiences and prescribed psychotropic medications in adults. American Journal of Preventive Medicine, 32, 389–394. doi:10.1016/j.amepre.2007.01.005 - DOI - PMC - PubMed
    1. Bateman AW, & Fonagy P. (2004). Mentalization-based treatment of BPD. Journal of Personality Disorders, 18, 36–51. doi:10.1521/pedi.18.1.36.32772 - DOI - PubMed
    1. Baumeister RF, Bratslavsky E, Finkenauer C, & Vohs KD (2001). Bad is stronger than good. Review of General Psychology, 5, 323–370. doi:10.1037/1089-2680.5.4.323 - DOI

Publication types