Sleed, Michelle;
Li, Elizabeth T;
Vainieri, Isabella;
Midgley, Nick;
(2023)
The Evidence-Base for Psychodynamic Interventions with Children Under 5 Years of Age and Their Caregivers: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.
Journal of Infant, Child, and Adolescent Psychotherapy
10.1080/15289168.2023.2223739.
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Abstract
Experiences in the first years of life can shape a range of outcomes throughout the lifespan. Effective early interventions have the potential to offset negative outcomes associated with early adversity. A broad range of psychodynamic interventions are available to children under five and their caregivers but there is a lack of research synthesizing the current evidence for their effectiveness. This paper presents a systematic review and meta-analysis of the evidence for the effectiveness of psychodynamic interventions for children under 5 years of age and their caregivers. Following a systematic search of 10 databases and screening for eligibility, 77 papers were included in the review. Most studies reported positive outcomes on a range of parent and infant domains. The meta-analyses of controlled studies found significant effects of psychodynamic interventions compared to control conditions on parental reflective functioning, maternal depression, infant behavior, and infant attachment. No significant differences between psychodynamic and control interventions were found for parental stress, and parent-infant interactions. Very few studies were rated as good quality and further high-quality research is needed.
| Type: | Article |
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| Title: | The Evidence-Base for Psychodynamic Interventions with Children Under 5 Years of Age and Their Caregivers: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| DOI: | 10.1080/15289168.2023.2223739 |
| Publisher version: | https://doi.org/10.1080/15289168.2023.2223739 |
| Language: | English |
| Additional information: | © 2023 The Author(s). Published with license by Taylor & Francis Group, LLC. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives License (http:// creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/), which permits non-commercial re-use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited, and is not altered, transformed, or built upon in any way. The terms on which this article has been published allow the posting of the Accepted Manuscript in a repository by the author(s) or with their consent. |
| UCL classification: | UCL UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Brain Sciences UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Brain Sciences > Div of Psychology and Lang Sciences UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Brain Sciences > Div of Psychology and Lang Sciences > Clinical, Edu and Hlth Psychology |
| URI: | https://discovery-pp.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10172494 |
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