Dynamic physiology-behavior association patterns in child welfare parents predict response to parenting intervention.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

This study examined the role of physiology-behavior regulatory functioning in explaining "what works for whom" in parenting intervention. Dynamic associations between parents' physiological reactivity and positive parenting behavior during caregiving interactions were tested as predictors of related intervention response to parent-child interaction therapy. Pre- to postintervention changes in the dynamic associations were also examined.

Method

Physiological reactivity assessed through interbeat interval and observationally coded parenting behaviors were measured second-by-second during two types of parent-child interaction at pre- and postintervention for 120 child welfare-involved parents (Mage = 32.45, 87.5% mothers) randomized to a parent-child interaction thera

SUBMITTER: Zhang X 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12752019 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature