@article{ref1,
title="Relational interventions for maltreated children",
journal="Child development",
year="2017",
author="Valentino, Kristin",
volume="88",
number="2",
pages="359-367",
abstract="Child maltreatment may be best characterized as a pathogenic relational experience which primarily occurs in the mother-child relationship. As such, enhancing the mother-child relationship is the key process that should be targeted in intervention approaches for child maltreatment. Two salient and modifiable components of the mother-child relationship are highlighted: maternal sensitivity and attachment organization. It is argued, from a developmental psychopathology perspective, why focusing on these issues hold the most promise for interrupting negative developmental cascades and promoting resilience among maltreated children. Utilization of a tiered approach to delivering increasingly intensive relational interventions is recommended as are future directions for translational research and dissemination.<br><br>© 2017 The Author Child Development © 2017 Society for Research in Child Development, Inc.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0009-3920",
doi="10.1111/cdev.12735",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/cdev.12735"
}