Hands and Hearts Together

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Conditions studied: Parent-Child Relations, Development, Infant, Parenting, Development, Child

In brief

Growing evidence demonstrates that secure attachment in childhood predicts children's healthy social, biological, and behavioral functioning, whereas insecure attachment predicts behavior problems and physiological dysregulation; thus, efforts to foster secure attachment are crucial for promoting the healthy development of children and families. This proposal describes a randomized controlled trial (RCT) of an innovative intervention program that can be widely implemented designed to foster children's secure attachment, promote healthy physiological regulation, and reduce the risk for behavior problems: The Circle of Security ® Parenting (COS-P) intervention. To this end, investigators will conduct an RCT with 249 parent-child dyads enrolled or are eligible but not yet enrolled in two diverse Early Head Start (EHS) programs.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT05834907

Run by

University of Maryland, College Park

People needed

249

Starts

2023-03-27

Expected to finish

2027-06-30

Last updated by the study team

2025-07-03

Who can join

Age: 1 and older. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Parents whose children (age 8 to 36 months) are enrolled or are eligible to be enrolled in Harrisburg PA and Lehigh Valley PA Early Head Start programs

You may not qualify if…

• Parents who are not sufficiently fluent in the language in which COS-P intervention will be conducted (Spanish or English)

Where it is running

• Lehigh University — Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, United States (enrolling)
• University of Maryland, College Park — College Park, Maryland, United States

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