Reducing Trauma from Behind Bars: Enhancing Parent-Child Attachment Through a Digitally Distributed Reading Program

Incarceration impacts families by disrupting routine attachment, creating negative consequences for both the parent and child. This article examines the use of an intervention videoing incarcerated parents reading to their children and then delivering those videos to improve child outcomes. Using a...

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Main Author: McLeod, David A. (Author)
Contributors: Pharris, Angela B. ; Marcus-Mendoza, Susan ; Winkles, Rachael A.M. ; Chapman, Rachel ; Fuller, Cheri
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
Published: 2021
In: The prison journal
Year: 2021, Volume: 101, Issue: 5, Pages: 575-590
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Keywords:
Attachment
Oklahoma children of incarcerated parents
Child literacy
Parental incarceration
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Summary:Incarceration impacts families by disrupting routine attachment, creating negative consequences for both the parent and child. This article examines the use of an intervention videoing incarcerated parents reading to their children and then delivering those videos to improve child outcomes. Using a mixed-methods approach, a total of 587 surveys were completed by program participants and analyzed for parental perceptions of the program effectiveness. The intervention appeared to increase the frequency of correspondence between the parent and child, improved the sense of parent-child relationship, and increased a sense of involvement, attachment, and connectedness.
ISSN:1552-7522
DOI:10.1177/00328855211048181