Publications on the efficacy and effectiveness of ABC

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2025

Berlin, L. J., Martoccio, T. L., Shanty, L., Hepworth, A. D., Pardue-Kim, M., Baez, C., Fortuño, S., Endy, K., & Jones Harden, B. (2025). ABC’s active ingredients: Parent coaches’ in vivo feedback predicts maternal sensitivity among low-income predominantly Latina mothers. Infant Mental Health Journal. https://doi.org/10.1002/imhj.70040

Harden, B. J., Martoccio, T., & Berlin, L. J. (2025). Maternal psychological risk moderates the impacts of attachment-based intervention on mother–toddler mutuality and toddler behavior problems: A randomized controlled trial. Prevention Science, 26(Suppl 1), 66–77. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11121-021-01281-0

McLaughlin, K., Fasano, R.M. & Dozier, M. (2025). Effects of an Early Home Visiting Program on Maternal Depression. Administration and Policy in Mental Health and Mental Health Services Research, 1-11. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10488-025-01440-3

Korom, M., Valadez, E. A., Tottenham, N., Dozier, M., & Spielberg, J. M. (2025). Preliminary examination of the effects of an early parenting intervention on amygdala-orbitofrontal cortex resting-state functional connectivity among high-risk children: A randomized clinical trial. Development and Psychopathology, 37, 384-492. doi:10.1017/S0954579423001669 (IF=5.3)

2024

Bard, E., Becker, J., Malgioglio, K., & Sieger, M. L. (2024). Attachment & Biobehavioral Catch-Up participation and reunification in a family treatment court. Child Abuse & Neglect, 158, 107145. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chiabu.2024.107145

Gaudreau, C., Delgado, A., Confair-Jones, R., Flambaum, S., Hirsh-Pasek, K., Raby, K. L., Dozier, M., & Golinkoff, R. M. (2024). The unanticipated side effects of an attachment intervention: Parents ask higher quality questions.Developmental Psychology, 60(3), 456–466.  https://doi.org/10.1037/dev0001707 (IF=4.0)

Labella, M. H., Raby, K. L., Bourne, S. V., Trahan, A. C., Katz, D., & Dozier, M. (2024). Is Attachment and Biobehavioral Catch-up effective for parents with insecure attachment states of mind? Child Development, 95(2), 648-655. https://doi.org/10.1111/cdev.14002 (IF=4.6)

Liming, K. W., Grube, W., Lloyd Sieger, M. H., Brook, J., Berryhill, E., Akin, B. A., & Mendenhall, A. (2024). Child welfare outcomes after Attachment and Biobehavioral Catch-Up intervention participation: A quasi-experimental study. Child Maltreatment, 29(4), 343-356. https://doi.org/10.1177/10775595241265968

Miller, K., Bourne, S., Dahl, C., Costello, C., Attinelly, J., Jennings, K., & Dozier, M. (2024). Using randomized controlled trials to ask questions regarding developmental psychopathology: A tribute to Dante Cicchetti. Development and Psychopathology, 1-10. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0954579424000245 (IF=5.3)

Valadez, E. A., Tottenham, N., Korom, M., Tabachnick, A. R., Pine, D. S., & Dozier, M. (2024). A randomized controlled trial of a parenting intervention during infancy alters amygdala-prefrontal circuitry in middle childhood. Journal of American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, 63(1), 29-38. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jaac.2023.06.015 (IF=13.3)

2023

Dozier, M., & Bernard, K. (2023). Intervening early: Socioemotional interventions targeting the parent-infant relationship. Annual Review of Developmental Psychology, 5. 115-135. https://doi.org/10.1146/annurev-devpsych-120621-043254

Labella, M. Benito-Gomez, M., Margolis, E. T., Zhang, J., & Dozier, M. (2023). Telehealth delivery of modified Attachment and Biobehavioral Catch-up: Feasibility, acceptability, and lessons learned. Attachment and Human Development, 25(2), 240-253. https://doi.org/10.1080/14616734.2023.2179577

Schein, S. S., Roben, C., Costello, A. H., & Dozier, M. (2023). Assessing changes in parental sensitivity in telehealth and hybrid implementation of Attachment and Biobehavioral Catch-Up during the COVID-19 pandemic.Child Maltreatment, 28(1), 24-33. https://doi.org/10.1177/10775595211072516

2022

Carrera, P., Benito-Gomez, M., Zablah, F. M., Schein, S. S., Costello, A. H., Roben, C. K. P., & Dozier, M. (2022). Adapting with sense: An update on culturally responsive efforts of the Attachment and Biobehavioral Catch-up Intervention with Spanish-speaking, Latinx families. Global Implementation Research and Applications, 2, 243-238. https://doi.org/10.1007/s43477-022-00049-0

Caron, E., & Dozier, M. (2022). Self-coding of fidelity as a potential active ingredient of consultation to improve clinicians’ fidelity. Administration and Policy in Mental Health and Mental Health Services, 49, 237-254. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10488-021-01160-4

Caron, E., Kipp, E. C., Costello, A. H., Bernard, K., Schein, S. S., Roben, C. K. P., & Dozier, M. (2022). Parent coaching fidelity trajectories of in-person and telehealth sessions during the COVID-19 Pandemic. Evidence-Based Practice in Child and Adolescent Mental Health, 7(3), 341-348. https://doi.org/10.1080/23794925.2021.1996300

Dozier, M. (2022). Meeting the needs of vulnerable infants and families during COVID-19: Moving to a telehealth approach for home visiting implementation and research. Infant Mental Health Journal, 43, 140-142. https://doi.org/10.1002/imhj.21966

Lewis-Morrarty, E., Dozier, M., Bernard, K., Moore, S., & Terraciano, S. (2012). Cognitive flexibility and theory of mind outcomes among foster children: Preschool follow-up results of a randomized clinical trial. Journal of Adolescent Health, 51(1), 17–22. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jadohealth.2012.05.005

Martin, C., Chen, H. W. B., & Dozier, J. (2022). Intervening with opioid-exposed newborns: Modifying an evidence-based parenting intervention. Delaware Journal of Public Health, 8, 94-98. doi: https://doi.org/10.32481%2Fdjph.2022.05.014

Roben, K. P., Kipp, E., Schein, S. S., Costello, A. H., & Dozier, M. (2022). Transitioning to telehealth due to COVID-19: Maintaining model fidelity in a home visiting program for parents of vulnerable infants. Infant Mental Health Journal, 43, 173-184. https://doi.org/10.1002/imhj.21963

Tabachnick, A. R., Eiden, R. D., Labella, M. H., & Dozier, M. (2022). Effects of an attachment-based intervention on autonomic regulation among opioid-exposed infants. Developmental Psychobiology, 64, e22286. https://doi.org/10.1002/dev.22286

Yarger, H. A., Lind, T., Raby, K. L., Zajac, L., Wallin, A., & Dozier, M. (2022). Intervening with Attachment and Biobehavioral Catch-up to reduce behavior problems among children adopted internationally: Evidence from a randomized controlled trial. Child Maltreatment, 27, 478-489. https://doi.org/10.1177%2F10775595211010975

2021

Dozier, M., & Bernard, K. (2021). Mechanisms of attachment-based intervention effects on child outcomes. In R. A. Thompson, J. A. Simpson, & L. J. Berlin (Eds.), Attachment: The fundamental questions (pp. 307–315). Guilford Press.

Caron, EB, Lind, T., & Dozier, M. (2021). Strategies that promote trainee engagement in active and experiential learning: Micro-level sequential analysis. The Clinical Supervisor, 40 (1), 112-133. https://doi.org/10.1080/07325223.2020.1870023

Costello, A. H., Schein, S. S., Roben, C. K. P., & Dozier, M. (2021). Navigating the international dissemination of an evidence-based intervention: Scaling with fidelity and cultural specificity. Children and Youth Services Review, 131, 106281, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.childyouth.2021.106281

Flagg, A., Costello, A., Roben, C. K. P., & Dozier, M. (2021). Changes in provider fidelity after introducing a new model of intervention. Current Psychology. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12144-020-00910-1

Korom, M., & Dozier, M. (2021). The importance of responsive parenting for vulnerable infants. Advances in Child Development and Behavior, 61, 43-71. https://doi.org/10.1016/bs.acdb.2021.03.001

Korom, M., Goldstein, A., Tabachnick, A. R., Palmwood, E. N., Simons, R. F., & Dozier, M. (2021). Early parenting intervention accelerates inhibitory control development among CPS-involved children in middle childhood: A randomized clinical trial. Developmental Science, e13054. https://doi.org/10.1111/desc.13054

Labella, M. H., Eiden, R. D., Roben, C. K. P., & Dozier, M. (2021). Adapting an evidence-based home visiting intervention for mothers with opioid dependence: Modified Attachment and Biobehavioral Catch-up. Frontiers in Psychology, 12: 675866. https://dx.doi.org/10.3389%2Ffpsyg.2021.675866

Lind, T., Raby, K. L., Goldstein, A., Bernard, K., Caron, E. B., Yarger, H. A., Wallin, A., & Dozier, M. (2021). Improving social-emotional competence in internationally adopted children with the Attachment and Biobehavioral Catch-up intervention. Development and Psychopathology, 33, 957-969. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S0954579420000255

Perrone, L., Imrisek, S. D., Dash, A., Rodriguez, M., Monticciolo, E., & Bernard, K. (2021). Changing parental depression and sensitivity: Randomized clinical trial of ABC’s effectiveness in the community. Development and Psychopathology,33(3), 1026–1040.https://doi.org/10.1017/S0954579420000442

Raby, K. L., Waters, T. E. A., Tabachnick, A. R., Zajac, L., & Dozier, M. (2021). Increasing secure base script knowledge among parents with Attachment and Biobehavioral Catch-up. Development and Psychopathology, 33, 554-564. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S0954579420001765

Roben, C. K. P., Costello, A. H., Friedman, J. M., Wright, C., & Dozier, M. (2021). Prioritizing fidelity within public policies supporting evidence-based home visiting. Translational Issues in Psychological Science, 7, https://psycnet.apa.org/doi/10.1037/tps0000234

2020

Dozier, M., & Bernard, K. (2020). The impact of attachment-based interventions on the quality of attachment among infants and young children. In R. E. Tremblay, M. Boivin, & R. DeV. Peters (Eds.), M. H. van IJzendoorn (Topic Ed.), Encyclopedia on Early Childhood Development [Online]. https://www.child-encyclopedia.com

Garnett, M., Bernard, K., Zajac, L., Hoye, J., & Dozier, M. (2020). Parental sensitivity mediates the sustained effect of Attachment and Biobehavioral Catch-up on cortisol in middle childhood. Psychoneuroendocrinology, 121, 104809. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.psyneuen.2020.104809

Hepworth, A. D., Berlin, L. J., Martoccio, T. L., & Harden, B. J. (2020). Supporting infant emotion regulation through attachment-based intervention: A randomized controlled trial. Prevention Science, 21, 702–713. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11121-020-01127-1

Hepworth, A. D., Berlin, L. J., Salas, K., Pardue-Kim, M., Martoccio, T. L., & Jones Harden, B. (2020). Increasing maternal sensitivity to infant distress through attachment-based intervention: A randomized controlled trial. Attachment & Human Development, 23(6), 953–968. https://doi.org/10.1080/14616734.2020.1834592

Lind, T., Bernard, K., & Dozier, M. (2020). Promoting compliance in children referred to Child Protective Services: A randomized clinical trial. Child Development, 91, 563-576. https://doi.org/10.1111/cdev.13207

Raby, K. L., Bernard, K., Gordon, M. K., & Dozier, M. (2020). Enhancing diurnal cortisol regulation among young children adopted internationally. Development and Psychopathology, 32, 1657-1668. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S0954579420001303

Valadez, E., A., Tottenham, N., Tabachnick, A. R., & Dozier, M. (2020). Early parenting intervention effects on brain responses to maternal cues among high-risk children. American Journal of Psychiatry, 177(9), 818-826. https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ajp.2020.20010011

Yarger, H. A., Bronfman, E., Carlson, E. A., & Dozier, M. (2020). Intervening with Attachment and Biobehavioral Catch-up to decrease disrupted parenting behavior and attachment disorganization: The role of parental withdrawal. Development and Psychopathology, 32, 1139-1148. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S0954579419000786

Yarger, H., Bernard, K., Caron, EB, Wallin, A., & Dozier, M. (2020). Enhancing parenting quality for young children adopted internationally: Results of a randomized controlled trial. Journal of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology, 49, 378-390. https://doi.org/10.1080/15374416.2018.1547972

Zajac, L., Raby, K. L., & Dozier, M. (2020). Sustained effects on attachment security in middle childhood: Results from a randomized clinical trial of the Attachment and Biobehavioral Catch-Up (ABC) Intervention. Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, 61(4), 417-424. https://doi.org/10.1111/jcpp.13146

2019

Berlin, L. J., Martoccio, T. L., Bryce, C. I., & Harden, B. J. (2019). Improving infants’ stress-induced cortisol regulation through attachment-based intervention: A randomized controlled trial. Psychoneuroendocrinology, 103, 225–232. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.psyneuen.2019.01.017

Bick, J., E. Palmwood, L. Zajac, R. F. Simons, & M. Dozier. (2019). Early prevention and adverse environments affect neural functioning in middle childhood. Biological Psychiatry, 85(4), 326-335. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biopsych.2018.09.020

Caron, E. B., & Dozier, M. (2019). Effects of fidelity-focused consultation on clinicians’ implementation: An exploratory multiple baseline design. Administration and Policy in Mental Health and Mental Health Services Research, 46, 445-457. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10488-019-00924-3

Costello, A., Roben, C., Schein, S., Blake, F., & Dozier, M. (2019). Monitoring provider fidelity of a parenting intervention using observational methods. Professional Psychology: Research and Practice, 50, 264-271. https://doi.org/10.1037/pro0000236

Hoye, J. R., Cheishvili, D., Yarger, H. A., Roth, T. L., Szyf, M., & Dozier, M. (2019). Attachment and Biobehavioral Catch-up alters DNA methylation in maltreated children: Preliminary intervention effects from a randomized clinical trial. Development and Psychopathology, 32, 1486-1494. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S0954579419001421

Raby, K. L., Freedman, E., Yarger, H. A., Lind, T., & Dozier, M. (2019). Enhancing the language development of toddlers in foster care by promoting foster parents’ sensitivity: Results from a randomized controlled trial. Developmental Science, 22(2). https://doi: 10.1111/desc.12753

Tabachnick, A., Raby, K. L., Goldstein, A., Zajac, L., & Dozier, M. (2019). Effects of an attachment-based intervention on children’s autonomic regulation during middle childhood. Biological Psychology, 143, 22-31. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biopsycho.2019.01.006

2018

Berlin, L. J., Martoccio, T. L., & Harden, B. J. (2018). Improving Early Head Start’s impacts on parenting through attachment-based intervention: A randomized controlled trial. Developmental Psychology, 54(12), 2316–2327. https://doi.org/10.1037/dev0000617

Caron, E., Bernard, K., & Dozier, M. (2018). In vivo feedback predicts behavioral change in the Attachment and Biobehavioral Catch-up Intervention. Journal of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology, 47, S35-S46. https://doi.org/10.1080/15374416.2016.1141359

Caron, EB., Roben, C. K. P., Yarger, H., & Dozier, M. (2018). Novel methods for screening: Contributions from Attachment and Biobehavioral Catch-up. Prevention Science, 19, 894-903. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11121-018-0894-5

Dozier, M., Roben, C. P., Caron, E., Hoye, J., & Bernard, K. (2018). Attachment and Biobehavioral Catchup: Developing an evidence-based intervention. Psychotherapy Research, 28, 18-29. https://doi.org/10.1080/10503307.2016.1229873

Hoye, J., & Dozier, M. (2018). Implementing Attachment and Biobehavioral Catch-up with birth parents: Rationale and case example. Journal of Clinical Psychology, 74, 1300-1307. https://doi.org/10.1002/jclp.22641

2017

Bernard, K., Lee, A. H., & Dozier, M. (2017). Effects of the ABC Intervention on foster children’s receptive vocabulary: Results from a randomized clinical trial. Child Maltreatment, 22, 174-179. https://doi.org/10.1177/1077559517691126

Dozier, M., & Bernard, K. (2017). Attachment and Biobehavioral Catch-up: Addressing the needs of infants and toddlers exposed to inadequate or problematic caregiving. Current Opinion in Psychology, 15, 111-117. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.copsyc.2017.03.003

Lind, T., Raby, L., & Dozier, M. (2017). Enhancing executive functioning among toddlers in foster care with an attachment-based intervention. Development and Psychopathology, 29, 575-586. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0954579417000190

Roben, C. K. P., Dozier, M., Caron, E, & Bernard, K. (2017). Moving an evidence-based parenting program into the community. Child Development, 88, 1447-1452. https://doi.org/10.1111/cdev.12898

2016

Caron, E., Weston-Lee, P., Haggerty, D., & Dozier, M. (2016). Community implementation outcomes of Attachment and Biobehavioral Catch-up. Child Abuse and Neglect, 53, 128-137. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chiabu.2015.11.010

Yarger, H., Hoye, J., & Dozier, M. (2016). Trajectories of change in Attachment and Biobehavioral Catch-up among high-risk mothers: A randomized clinical trial. Infant Mental Health Journal, 37, 525-536.https://doi.org/10.1002/imhj.21585

2015

Bernard, K., Dozier, M., Bick, J., & Gordon, M. K. (2015). Intervening to enhance cortisol regulation among children at risk for neglect: Results of a randomized clinical trial. Development and Psychopathology, 27(3), 829-841. https://doi.org/10.1017/S095457941400073X

Bernard, K., Hostinar, C. E., & Dozier, M. (2015). Intervention effects on diurnal cortisol rhythms of CPS-referred infants persist into early childhood: Preschool follow-up results of a randomized clinical trial. JAMA-Pediatrics, 169(2), 112-119. https://doi.org/10.1001/jamapediatrics.2014.2369

Bernard, K., Simons, R. F., & Dozier, M. (2015). Effects of an attachment-based intervention on high-risk mothers’ event related potentials to children’s emotions. Child Development, 86(6), 1673-1684. https://doi.org/10.1111/cdev.12418

2014

Bernard, K., Meade, E., & Dozier, M. (2014). Parental synchrony and nurturance as targets in an attachment based intervention: Building upon Mary Ainsworth’s insights about mother-infant interaction. Attachment and Human Development, 15, 507-523. https://doi.org/10.1080/14616734.2013.820920

Dozier, M., & Fisher, P. A. (2014). Neuroscience enhanced child maltreatment interventions to improve outcomes. Society for Research in Child Development Policy Report.

Lind, T., Bernard, K., Ross, E., & Dozier, M. (2014). Intervention effects on negative affect of CPS-referred children: Results of a randomized clinical trial. Child Abuse and Neglect, 38, 1459-1467. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chiabu.2014.04.004

Meade, E.B., Dozier, M., & Bernard, K. (2014). Using video feedback as a tool in training parent coaches: Promising results from a single-case design. Attachment and Human Development, 16, 356-370. https://doi.org/10.1080/14616734.2014.912488

2013

Berlin, L. J., Shanahan, M., & Carmody, K. A. (2013). Promoting supportive parenting in new mothers with substance-use problems: A pilot randomized trial of residential treatment plus an attachment-based parenting program. Infant Mental Health Journal, 34(1), 81–85. https://doi.org/10.1002/imhj.21374

Bick, J., Dozier, M. (2013). The effectiveness of an attachment-based intervention in promoting foster mothers’ sensitivity toward foster infants. Infant Mental Health Journal, 34, 95-103. https://doi.org/10.1002/imhj.21373

2012

Bernard, K., Dozier, M., Bick, J., Lewis-Morrarty, E., Lindhiem, O., & Carlson, E. (2012). Enhancing attachment organization among maltreated infants: Results of a randomized clinical trial. Child Development, 83, 623-636. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-8624.2011.01712.x

Dozier, M., & Bernard, K. (2012). Attachment and biobehavioral catch-up. Child Welfare 360°, Winter 2012, 16–17.

Lewis-Morrarty, E., Dozier, M., Bernard, K., Moore, S., & Terraciano, S., (2012). Cognitive flexibility and theory of mind outcomes among foster children: Preschool follow-up results of a randomized clinical trial. Journal of Adolescent Health, 51, 17-22. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jadohealth.2012.05.005

2009

Dozier, M., Lindhiem, O., Lewis, E., Bick, J., Bernard, K., & Peloso, E. (2009). Effects of a foster parent training program on children’s attachment behaviors: Preliminary evidence from a randomized clinical trial. Child and Adolescent Social Work Journal, 26, 321-332. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10560-009-0165-1

2008

Dozier, M., Peloso, E., Lewis, E., Laurenceau, J., & Levine, S. (2008). Effects of an attachment-based intervention on the cortisol production of infants and toddlers in foster care. Development and Psychopathology, 20, 845-859. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S0954579408000400

2006

Dozier, M., Peloso, E., Lindhiem, O., Gordon, M. K., Manni, M., Sepulveda, S., Ackerman, J., Bernier, A. & Levine, S. (2006). Developing evidence-based interventions for foster children: An example of a randomized clinical trial with infants and toddlers. Journal of Social Issues, 62, 767-785. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1540-4560.2006.00486.x