Piloting attachment psychoeducation provided to parents of children with severe disabilities: Testing the feasibility of a digital micro-intervention

Background A digital micro-intervention offering attachment psychoeducational videos was explored regarding its feasibility in parents of children with severe disabilities. Method: A mixed-methods study (including daily diaries and one-time questionnaires) with 16 parents (75.0% female) of children...

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Published in:Journal of intellectual disabilities 2023-06, Vol.27 (2), p.433-450
Main Authors: Vandesande, Sien, Bosmans, Guy, Sterkenburg, Paula, Schuengel, Carlo, Maes, Bea
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Attachment
Attachment Behavior
Children
Children with disabilities
Diaries
Dropping out
Embeddedness
Feasibility
Feasibility Studies
Female
Foreign Countries
Humans
Infant, Newborn
Intellectual disabilities
Intellectual Disability
Intervention
Learning
Male
Parent Attitudes
Parent Child Relationship
Parent Education
Parent-Child Relations
Parenting
Parents
Parents & parenting
Program Effectiveness
Psychoeducational Methods
Psychoeducational treatment
Self Efficacy
Severe Intellectual Disability
Severity
Tests
Video Technology
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Summary:Background A digital micro-intervention offering attachment psychoeducational videos was explored regarding its feasibility in parents of children with severe disabilities. Method: A mixed-methods study (including daily diaries and one-time questionnaires) with 16 parents (75.0% female) of children with severe disabilities (up to 10 years of age) was done during a three-week intervention. Results: Parents were positive about the video series and almost no drop-out occurred. The videos stimulated their learning and thinking and offered parents some personal meaning. Preliminary efficacy tests showed no major changes in parents’ parenting self-efficacy (PSE) or perceptions of statements on parent–child attachment. Conclusions: The study showed promising results regarding the micro-interventions’ acceptability and implementation. The limited efficacy testing did not show major changes in parents’ PSE. Further research is needed to investigate the differential relevance of the micro-intervention, based on parents’ needs, as well as its optimal embeddedness in a broader intervention trajectory.
ISSN:1744-6295
1744-6309
DOI:10.1177/17446295221087564