BUFFERING CHILDREN FROM TOXIC STRESS THROUGH ATTACHMENT-BASED INTERVENTION

该项目将与四个为非洲裔美国人和拉丁裔家庭提供服务的“早期开端”（Early Head Start）项目合作开展。项目合作伙伴将实施一项补充的循证育儿计划，即Dozier的依恋和生物行为追赶计划（ABC），并评估其对育儿、儿童压力调节和EHS计划的影响。本研究的主要目标有三个：(1)确定存在毒性应激风险的EHS家庭的识别标准，并对这些标准进行实证验证；(2)通过随机试验评估ABC项目补充EHS服务的有效性和“附加价值”；(3)评估ABC项目在EHS背景下的实施和可持续性，以及实施特征与项目影响之间的联系。这项研究的发现将促进人们了解EHS如何增加对早期养育的支持，从而缓解婴幼儿的有毒压力。

This project will be conducted in collaboration with four Early Head Start (EHS) programs that serve African American and Latino families. Project partners will implement a supplemental evidence-based parenting program, Dozier's Attachment and Biobehavioral Catch-up (ABC), and evaluate its effects on parenting, child stress regulation, and the EHS programs. There are three key goals: (1) define criteria for identifying EHS families at risk for experiencing toxic stress and validate these criteria empirically, (2) evaluate through a randomized trial the efficacy and "value added" of supplementing EHS services with the ABC program, and (3) evaluate the implementation and sustainability of the ABC program within the EHS context, and the linkages between implementation characteristics and program impacts. The study's findings will advance the knowledge of how EHS can increase support for early parenting and thus buffer infants and toddlers from toxic stress.