This K02 application seeks support for a research psychologist to conduct a program of research that (a) translates attachment principles into clinical parenting interventions for substance abusing mothers who are caring for infants and toddlers and (b) tests hypothesized cyclical mechanisms linking maternal exposure to typical parenting stressors, maternal affect dysregulation and risk for relapse to drug use, maternal insensitivity to child emotional cues and child emotional dysregulation. This work has vital implications for the prevention of substance abuse and maladaptive parenting in families affected by maternal substance abuse. Funded by a K23 award for 5 years, the candidate has translated a sophisticated understanding of attachment mechanisms into an innovative approach to treating parenting disorders in substance abusing women. She received funding from NIDA (R01DA17294) to further develop and evaluate this intervention. She has also applied attachment principles to empirical investigation of the relational problems of substance abusing mothers and their children. She now seeks to (1) analyze and interpret her intervention outcomes, (2) design appropriate follow up studies using the NIDA stage model, (3) identify salient therapeutic mechanisms in her intervention approach, (4) examine whether typical parenting stressors increase maternal risk for relapse (5) examine links between maternal substance abuse and delayed recognition of child emotional cues, and (6) examine whether abstinence from drug use can improve tolerance for parenting stress. The candidate will further develop her skills to (a) interpret Stage I findings, (b) design appropriate follow-up intervention research, (c) design studies to statistically analyze therapeutic mechanisms of change, (d) develop research paradigms for measuring maternal response to parenting stressors and (e) develop procedures for measuring maternal thresholds for detecting child emotional cues. During the period of support, her research will include two major efforts: (1) the analysis of process and outcome data from 60 mothers completing a randomized pilot study testing the preliminary efficacy of her attachment-based intervention, and (2) completion of a preliminary study with 40 mothers in which newly-developed parenting stress paradigms will be used to test proposed links between parenting stressors, risk for relapse, caregiving insensitivity and child emotional dysregulation. ? ? ?

Agency
National Institute of Health (NIH)
Institute
National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA)
Type
Research Scientist Development Award - Research (K02)
Project #
1K02DA023504-01A1
Application #
7470808
Study Section
Human Development Research Subcommittee (NIDA)
Program Officer
Sims, Belinda E
Project Start
2008-04-01
Project End
2013-03-31
Budget Start
2008-04-01
Budget End
2009-03-31
Support Year
1
Fiscal Year
2008
Total Cost
$181,818
Indirect Cost
Name
Yale University
Department
Psychiatry
Type
Schools of Medicine
DUNS #
043207562
City
New Haven
State
CT
Country
United States
Zip Code
06520
Suchman, Nancy E; DeCoste, Cindy; Borelli, Jessica L et al. (2018) Does improvement in maternal attachment representations predict greater maternal sensitivity, child attachment security and lower rates of relapse to substance use? A second test of Mothering from the Inside Out treatment mechanisms. J Subst Abuse Treat 85:21-30
Roosa Ordway, Monica; McMahon, Thomas J; De Las Heras Kuhn, Lourdes et al. (2018) IMPLEMENTATION OF AN EVIDENCED-BASED PARENTING PROGRAM IN A COMMUNITY MENTAL HEALTH SETTING. Infant Ment Health J 39:92-105
Suchman, Nancy E; DeCoste, Cindy L; McMahon, Thomas J et al. (2017) Mothering From the Inside Out: Results of a second randomized clinical trial testing a mentalization-based intervention for mothers in addiction treatment. Dev Psychopathol 29:617-636
Suchman, Nancy E; Ordway, Monica R; de Las Heras, Lourdes et al. (2016) Mothering from the Inside Out: results of a pilot study testing a mentalization-based therapy for mothers enrolled in mental health services. Attach Hum Dev 18:596-617
Rasmussen, Hannah F; Borelli, Jessica L; Decoste, Cindy et al. (2016) A LONGITUDINAL EXAMINATION OF TODDLERS' BEHAVIORAL CUES AS A FUNCTION OF SUBSTANCE-ABUSING MOTHERS' DISENGAGEMENT. Infant Ment Health J 37:140-50
Suchman, Nancy E (2016) Mothering from the Inside Out: A mentalization-based therapy for mothers in treatment for drug addiction. Int J Birth Parent Educ 3:19-24
Borelli, Jessica L; West, Jessica L; Decoste, Cindy et al. (2012) EMOTIONALLY AVOIDANT LANGUAGE IN THE PARENTING INTERVIEWS OF SUBSTANCE-DEPENDENT MOTHERS: ASSOCIATIONS WITH REFLECTIVE FUNCTIONING, RECENT SUBSTANCE USE, AND PARENTING BEHAVIOR. Infant Ment Health J 33:506-519
Pajulo, Marjukka; Pyykkönen, Nina; Kalland, Mirjam et al. (2012) SUBSTANCE-ABUSING MOTHERS IN RESIDENTIAL TREATMENT WITH THEIR BABIES: IMPORTANCE OF PRE- AND POSTNATAL MATERNAL REFLECTIVE FUNCTIONING. Infant Ment Health J 33:70-81
Suchman, Nancy E; Decoste, Cindy; Rosenberger, Patricia et al. (2012) ATTACHMENT-BASED INTERVENTION FOR SUBSTANCE-USING MOTHERS: A PRELIMINARY TEST OF THE PROPOSED MECHANISMS OF CHANGE. Infant Ment Health J 33:360-371
Mayes, Linda; Rutherford, Helena; Suchman, Nancy et al. (2012) The Neural and Psychological Dynamics of Adults' Transition to Parenthood. Zero Three 33:83-84

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