The primary objective of the proposed study is to determine whether behavioral feeding intervention impacts mother-child attachment in infants and toddlers with feeding problems. The investigators propose the following hypotheses: * Behavioral feeding intervention will not significantly impact parent-child attachment. * Behavioral feeding intervention will not significantly impact parent-child unstructured play interactions. * Severity of feeding problems will decrease after behavioral feeding intervention is implemented. * Behavioral feeding intervention will have either no significant effect or a significant positive effect on general child behavior.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
SINGLE
Enrollment
24
Behavioral feeding intervention will include escape extinction.
University of Michigan
Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States
Change in attachment status
The Strange Situation (SS) will be used to assess any changes in mother-child attachment status. The SS consists of a series of separations and reunions between a mother and her child.
Time frame: Enrollment, 6 months, 1 year
Change in infant social and emotional behavior
Brief Infant Toddler Social Emotional Assessment (BITSEA) will be used to assess any changes in the social and emotional behavior of children who are 12-36 months of age.
Time frame: Enrollment, 6 months, 1 year
Change in child externalizing and internalizing behavior.
The Child Behavior Checklist will be used to assess any changes in the internalizing and externalizing behavior of children who are 1.5 to 5 years of age.
Time frame: Enrollment, 6 months, 1 year
Change in maternal behavior when interacting with her child
Mother-child dyads will be given toys and asked to play as they normally would for 10 minutes. The purpose of this measure is to detect any changes in parent-child interaction patterns that may be more sensitive to short-term intervention than attachment status.
Time frame: Enrollment, 6 months, 1 year
Change in child feeding behavior.
The Behavioral Pediatrics Feeding Assessment Scale (BPFAS) will be used to measure any changes in the feeding behavior of children.
Time frame: Enrollment, 6 months, 1 year
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