Shifting Internal Parent-Child Representations among Caregivers of Teens with Serious Behavior Problems: An Attachment-Based Approach

Marlene M. Moretti; Ingrid Obsuth; Ofra Mayseless; Miri Scharf

doi:10.1080/19361521.2012.697104

Shifting Internal Parent-Child Representations among Caregivers of Teens with Serious Behavior Problems: An Attachment-Based Approach

Marlene M. Moretti, Ingrid Obsuth, Ofra Mayseless, Miri Scharf

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Abstract

Attachment theory provides a rich framework for the development of interventions for trauma. This study examined processes underlying treatment outcomes of an attachment-based program (Connect; Moretti, Braber, & Obsuth, 2009) for parents of teens with severe behavior problems. Caregivers completed the Parenting Representations Interview and the Child Behavior Checklist prior to and following treatment. Results confirmed significant reductions in teens' problem behavior and changes in parental representations of the parent, teen, and parent-teen relationship. Shifts in parenting representation were significantly related to reductions in teen problem behavior, consistent with the view that changing attachment representations underlies therapeutic effects.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	191-204
Number of pages	14
Journal	Journal of Child and Adolescent Trauma
Volume	5
Issue number	3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1080/19361521.2012.697104
State	Published - Jul 2012

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Support was provided by the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR), Institute of Gender and Health (IGH), New Emerging Team grant (#54020), and CIHR Operating Grant (#84567) and CIHR Senior Chair funding awarded to Dr. M. Moretti.

Keywords

adolescence
manualized intervention
parent-teen relationship
therapeutic change

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Emergency Medicine
Critical Care and Intensive Care Medicine

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