The Unique and Combined Effects of Prenatal and Early Childhood Programming on Child Maltreatment: Examining Mechanisms of Change
At a glance
Conditions
Where it's being run
2 sites across 2 statesStudy leadership
- Laura E Miller-Graff, PhD · PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR · University of Notre Dame
- Kathryn H Howell, PhD · PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR · University of Wisconsin, Madison
- Kristin Valentino, PhD · PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR · University of Notre Dame
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What this trial measures
- DCS Records - Maltreatment Classification SystemRET baseline (T5), 6 month follow-up (T8). 12 month follow-up
DCS records will be coded using the Maltreatment Classification System (MCS; Barnett et al., 1993). The MCS utilizes operational criteria for determining the occurrence of subtypes of maltreatment. Subtype categories include sexual abuse, physical abuse, physical neglect, and emotional maltreatment.
- Maternal Maltreatment Classification InterviewRET baseline (T5), 6 month follow-up (T8)
MCS ratings will be supplemented by information obtained during the Maternal Maltreatment Classification Interview (MMCI; Cicchetti et al., 2002), a structured interview based on the MCS. It will be audiotaped and coded by two independent raters utilizing the same operational criteria as the MCS.
- Maltreatment risk/PropensityPMEP baseline [T1], PMEP immediate post-test [T2], PMEP 3 month post-partum follow-up [T3], PMEP 12 month post-partum follow-up [T4], RET baseline [T5], RET immediate post-test [T6], RET 3 month follow-up [T7], RET 6 month follow-up [T8]
Mothers will complete the Child Abuse Potential Inventory (CAPI; Milner, 1986) and the Adult Adolescent Parenting Inventory (AAPI; Bavolek \& Keene, 2001), both of which assess maltreatment propensity. A composite variable of maltreatment propensity/risk will be created by combining these indicators.
- Intimate partner violencePMEP baseline [T1], PMEP immediate post-test [T2], PMEP 3 month post-partum follow-up [T3], PMEP 12 month post-partum follow-up [T4], RET baseline [T5], RET immediate post-test [T6], RET 3 month follow-up [T7], RET 6 month follow-up [T8]
others will complete the Revised Conflict Tactics Scale (CTS2) (Straus, Hamby, Boney-McCoy, \& Sugarman, 1996; Straus, 1979), which assesses the severity of psychological, physical, and sexual violence in a dating, cohabiting, or marital relationship. This measure has the advantage of being able to be flexibly coded to gain information about IPV severity, frequency, and chronicity.
- Maternal Sensitivity - perinatal periodPMEP 3 month post-partum follow-up [T3], PMEP 12 month post-partum follow-up [T4]
Maternal sensitivity will be assessed in several observational contexts. At T3 and T4, mother-child dyads will participate in a 5-minute free play activity that will be coded using an established coding framework (Braungart-Rieker et al., 2014).
- Maternal Sensitive Guidance - early childhoodRET baseline [T5], RET immediate post-test [T6], RET 3 month follow-up [T7], RET 6 month follow-up [T8]
From T5-T8, maternal sensitive guidance will be assessed by following the Autobiographical Emotional Events Dialogue procedure (AEED; Koren-Kari e, Oppenheim, Haimovich, \& Etzion-Carasso, 2003b).
- Maternal Sensitivity - DPICS - early childhoodRET baseline [T5], RET immediate post-test [T6], RET 3 month follow-up [T7], RET 6 month follow-up [T8]
Participants will also complete a 10-minute free play paradigm using an abbreviated Dyadic Parent-Child Interaction Coding System (DPICS; Eyeberg, et al., 2013). This free play will be coded for positive, neutral and negative patterns of parent-child communication.