Effects of the Attachment Video-feedback Intervention (AVI) on parents and children at risk of maltreatment during the COVID-19 pandemic.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The global health crisis caused by the COVID-19 pandemic has led to an increase in situations of risk of child abuse and neglect.

Objective

The objective of this study was to examine whether the Attachment Video-feedback Intervention (AVI) program can improve protective factors (decrease parental stress and household chaos, increase parent-child emotional availability and parental reflective functioning) that may diminish child maltreatment in a group of families at risk for child abuse and neglect during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Participants and setting

The sample consisted of 41 children aged between 0 and 5 years (M_age = 35.36 months, SD = 14.65; 85.4 % boys) and their parents (M_age = 35.44, SD = 6.04; 75.6 % mothers).

Methods

SUBMITTER: Eguren A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9951047 | biostudies-literature | 2023 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature