A Comparison of Equine-Assisted Intervention and Conventional Play-Based Early Intervention for Mother-Child Dyads with Insecure Attachment

Autor/inn/en	Beetz, Andrea; Winkler, Nora; Julius, Henri; Uvnäs-Moberg, Kerstin; Kotrschal, Kurt
Titel	A Comparison of Equine-Assisted Intervention and Conventional Play-Based Early Intervention for Mother-Child Dyads with Insecure Attachment
Quelle	In: Journal of Occupational Therapy, Schools & Early Intervention, 8 (2015) 1, S.17-39 (23 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1941-1243
DOI	10.1080/19411243.2015.1026017
Schlagwörter	Early Intervention; Therapy; Parent Child Relationship; Mothers; Attachment Behavior; Comparative Analysis; Randomized Controlled Trials; Toddlers; Child Rearing; Interaction; Program Effectiveness; Proximity; Horses; Foreign Countries; Child Behavior; Check Lists; Questionnaires; Statistical Analysis; Pretests Posttests; Likert Scales; Germany; Child Behavior Checklist + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Therapie; Parents-child relationship; Parent-child-relation; Parent-child relationship; Eltern-Kind-Beziehung; Mother; Mutter; Attachment; Bindungsverhalten; Infant; Infants; Toddler; Kleinkind; Kindererziehung; Interaktion; Lebensnähe; Ausland; Checkliste; Fragebogen; Statistische Analyse; Likert-Skala; Deutschland
Abstract	Early interventions aim at promoting a good mother-child relationship as basis for a good socio-emotional development, especially in high-risk populations, and at correcting already unfavorable patterns of interaction and are common today. Insecure attachment, both of the child and of the mother, has been identified as a risk factor for early regulation disorders and further child development. Based on accumulating evidence of effectiveness of animal-assisted interventions, we implemented an Equine-Assisted Intervention (EAI) as an early intervention approach for mother-child-dyads and investigated its effects in comparison to a conventional play-based early intervention (PBI) in a randomized controlled trial. Both interventions took place once a week for 45 minutes over a period of 8 weeks and aimed at improving maternal caregiving and security in the mother-child relationship. Twenty mother-child dyads (children aged 12 to 24 months) from a high-risk background, in some of which the child already displayed dysregulation symptoms, were investigated. Attachment of mother and child, maternal caregiving, and interaction within the dyad were assessed before and after the intervention. There was not statistically significant difference (p < 0.05) between intervention groups with regard to changes from insecure to secure attachment or from disorganized to organized attachment, assessed via the Ainsworth Strange Situation Test. The only significant group-difference with regard to self-reported caregiving, was found for proximity maintenance in mothers without previous therapy experience (n = 8), those in the EAI reaching higher scores (p = 0.064). Play interaction, assessed via the CARE-Index, showed that mothers and children in PBI improved significantly more in their interaction behavior on several scales, while child's difficultness only significantly improved in EAI. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01