Expanding Treatment Targets: Meta-Analysis of Attachment-Based Interventions on Caregiver Psychopathology Outcomes

The current meta-analysis endeavors to characterize the potential benefits of attachment-based interventions for reducing caregiver psychopathology across a range of outcomes, including caregiver depression, posttraumatic stress, anxiety, and global distress. Meta-analytic effects were generally comparable to effect sizes observed for individual, adult-focused treatments (ds = -.256 to -1.111).