eCONNECT Parent Group: An Online Attachment-Based Intervention to Reduce Attachment Insecurity, Behavioral Problems, and Emotional Dysregulation in Adolescence
Abstract
:1. Introduction
Aims of the Study
2. Materials and Methods
2.1. Study Design and Procedures
2.2. Participants
2.3. eCONNECT Parent Program Intervention
2.4. Measures
2.4.1. Parent-Reported Attachment Insecurity in Adolescents
2.4.2. Parent-Reported Behavioral Problems in Adolescents
2.5. Statistical Analyses
3. Results
3.1. Changes in Adolescent’s Attachment Insecurity
3.2. Changes in Adolescent’s Behavioral Problems
3.3. Changes in Dyadic Affect Regulation Strategies
4. Discussion
5. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
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T0 | T1 | T2 | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
M | SD | M | SD | M | SD | |
Attachment Anxiety | 26.63 | 6.51 | 24.96 | 6.96 | 24.30 | 8.70 |
Attachment Avoidance | 37.42 | 11.52 | 31.21 | 11.50 | 30.52 | 9.24 |
Internalizing Problems | 36.63 | 6.19 | 33.50 | 6.78 | 34.83 | 7.48 |
Externalizing Problems | 36.13 | 5.50 | 31.33 | 5.94 | 32.04 | 5.94 |
Affect Dysregulation | 9.96 | 3.67 | 7.58 | 3.05 | 8.61 | 3.60 |
Affect Suppression | 5.75 | 2.45 | 6.54 | 3.30 | 5.48 | 2.04 |
Adaptive Reflection | 15.17 | 3.19 | 15.96 | 2.63 | 15.96 | 2.95 |
T0 ANX | T1 ANX | T2 ANX | T0 AVO | T1 AVO | T2 AVO | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
T0 ANX | — | |||||
T1 ANX | 0.54 ** | — | ||||
T2 ANX | 0.54 ** | 0.59 ** | — | |||
T0 AVO | 0.07 | 0.34 | 0.01 | — | ||
T1 AVO | 0.11 | 0.40 | −0.11 | 0.77 *** | — | |
T2 AVO | 0.07 | 0.15 | −0.25 | 0.67 *** | 0.78 *** | — |
T0 INT | T1 INT | T2 INT | T0 EXT | T1 EXT | T2 EXT | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
T0 INT | — | |||||
T1 INT | 0.62 ** | — | ||||
T2 INT | 0.71 *** | 0.70 *** | — | |||
T0 EXT | 0.30 | 0.45 * | 0.16 | — | ||
T1 EXT | 0.20 | 0.58 ** | 0.23 | 0.73 *** | — | |
T2 EXT | 0.32 | 0.45 * | 0.50 * | 0.49 * | 0.66 *** | — |
T0 DYS | T1 DYS | T2 DYS | T0 SOP | T1 SOP | T2 SOP | T0 REF | T1 REF | T2 REF | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
T0 DYS | — | ||||||||
T1 DYS | 0.59 ** | — | |||||||
T2 DYS | 0.53 ** | 0.64 *** | — | ||||||
T0 SOP | 0.47 * | 0.40 | 0.26 | — | |||||
T1 SOP | 0.22 | 0.58 ** | 0.66 *** | 0.35 | — | ||||
T2 SOP | 0.37 | −0.00 | 0.28 | 0.63 ** | 0.31 | — | |||
T0 REF | −0.17 | −0.34 | −0.21 | −0.20 | −0.30 | −0.19 | — | ||
T1 REF | 0.07 | 0.06 | −0.19 | −0.32 | −0.15 | −0.48 * | 0.50 * | — | |
T2 REF | −0.31 | −0.07 | −0.04 | −0.48 * | 0.09 | −0.46 * | 0.28 | 0.45 * | — |
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Benzi, I.M.A.; Carone, N.; Moretti, M.; Ruglioni, L.; Tracchegiani, J.; Barone, L. eCONNECT Parent Group: An Online Attachment-Based Intervention to Reduce Attachment Insecurity, Behavioral Problems, and Emotional Dysregulation in Adolescence. Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2023, 20, 3532. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph20043532
Benzi IMA, Carone N, Moretti M, Ruglioni L, Tracchegiani J, Barone L. eCONNECT Parent Group: An Online Attachment-Based Intervention to Reduce Attachment Insecurity, Behavioral Problems, and Emotional Dysregulation in Adolescence. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 2023; 20(4):3532. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph20043532
Chicago/Turabian StyleBenzi, Ilaria Maria Antonietta, Nicola Carone, Marlene Moretti, Laura Ruglioni, Jacopo Tracchegiani, and Lavinia Barone. 2023. "eCONNECT Parent Group: An Online Attachment-Based Intervention to Reduce Attachment Insecurity, Behavioral Problems, and Emotional Dysregulation in Adolescence" International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 20, no. 4: 3532. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph20043532