Early Parenting Intervention and Adverse Family Environments Affect Neural Function in Middle Childhood.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Growing work points to the negative impact of early adverse experiences on the developing brain. An outstanding question concerns the extent to which early intervention can normalize trajectories of brain development in at-risk children. We tested this within the context of a randomized clinical trial of an early parenting program, the Attachment and Biobehavioral Catch-up (ABC), delivered to parents and infants monitored for maltreatment by Child Protective Services.

Methods

Families participated in the randomized clinical trial when children were 2.5 years of age or younger. Parenting and home adversity was measured at baseline. Children were followed longitudinally, and resting brain activity was measured electrophysiologically (n = 106) when children reached 8

SUBMITTER: Bick J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6373871 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature