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Title: PARENT-CHILD MUTUALITY AND RELATIONSHIP-BASED PARENTING: EVALUATING CIRCLE OF SECURITY® PARENTING™ PROGRAM EFFECTIVENESS
Authors: Gregory, Tasha-Lynne
Supervisor(s): Dr. Gwen Rempel (Faculty of Health Disciplines), Dr. Lorraine Thirsk (Faculty of Health Disciplines)
Examining Committee: Dr. Karah Ross (Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, Centre for Social Sciences)
Dr. Shawn Fraser (Faculty of Graduate Studies)
Degree: Master of Nursing (MN)
Department: Faculty of Health Disciplines
Keywords: Circle of Security®
parenting
attachment
mutuality
attachment-based intervention
evaluation
Issue Date: 3-Sep-2021
Abstract: The Circle of Security® Parenting™ (COSP™) program is a relationship-based intervention that targets attachment security and caregiver internal working models. Effectiveness and efficacy research utilizing observational measurement of parent-child interaction remains limited in the Circle of Security® literature and no studies have examined changes in dyadic mutuality as a construct of interest. The aims of this thesis work, a pilot study, were to evaluate the efficacy of COSP™ by examining changes in dyadic mutuality and parent positivity/negativity using a validated observational measurement tool (PARCHISY) in 16 parent-child dyads. A quasi-experimental repeated measures design was employed to investigate changes in observed parent-child interaction before and after the 8-week COSP™ intervention and across two tasks, structured play and clean-up. Findings revealed theoretically predicted positive changes in dyadic mutuality and parent positivity and no significant change in parent negativity. These results support the utility of PARCHISY in the assessment of attachment-focused parenting interventions.
Graduation Date: Sep-2021
URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10791/356
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