This twice-resubmitted application seeks to develop and test a manual for a relationship-based intervention for preschoolers exposed to marital violence (MV) and to compare the efficacy of this specialized intervention to a community-referred comparison group in a randomized trial. Thirty, 3-5 year-old children and their mothers would be assigned to each condition. The intervention is scheduled to run for 50 joint mother-child sessions focusing on affect regulation and self-control methods, punitive discipline, and maternal affect dysregulation. Evaluation will consist of baseline, mid-point, outcome, and 6-month follow-up assessments. Noteworthy aspects of this application include the development of measures of treatment adherence and competency measure, and evaluation of multiple outcomes relating to attachment and child adjustment.
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| Lieberman, Alicia F; Ghosh Ippen, Chandra; VAN Horn, Patricia (2006) Child-parent psychotherapy: 6-month follow-up of a randomized controlled trial. J Am Acad Child Adolesc Psychiatry 45:913-8 |
| Lieberman, Alicia F; Van Horn, Patricia; Ippen, Chandra Ghosh (2005) Toward evidence-based treatment: child-parent psychotherapy with preschoolers exposed to marital violence. J Am Acad Child Adolesc Psychiatry 44:1241-8 |
| Lieberman, Alicia F; Van Horn, Patricia; Ozer, Emily J (2005) Preschooler witnesses of marital violence: predictors and mediators of child behavior problems. Dev Psychopathol 17:385-96 |
