Manuscript Details

Lind, T., Raby, K. L., Caron, E. B., Roben, C. K., & Dozier, M. (2017). Enhancing executive functioning among toddlers in foster care with an attachment-based intervention. Development and Psychopathology, 29(2), 575–586. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0954579417000190

Model(s): Attachment and Biobehavioral Catch-Up (ABC) -Toddler
Study Registration: ClinicalTrials.gov
Low rating
Study reviewed under: Handbook of Procedures and Standards, Version 1
Study design characteristics contributing to rating
Design Attrition Baseline equivalence Confounding factors? Valid, reliable measures?
Randomized controlled trial High

Established on race/ethnicity; not established on SES or baseline measure of the outcome in the analyzed sample

None

 Not assessed in manuscripts reviewed under Handbook of Procedures and Standards, Version 1
Notes from the review of this manuscript

In addition to the randomized controlled trial (RCT), the study included a non-experimental group design (NED) study that compared the intervention group from the RCT to a comparison group of children from the community. This design had a confounding factor because all members of the intervention group were foster children, but all members of the community sample were children raised by their biological parents. Therefore, HomVEE is unable to separate the impact of ABC-Toddler from the impact of foster care. Thus, all findings from the NED comparison receive a low rating.