"Insight at a Cost": Postpartum Depressed Mothers' Experiences with the Circle of Security-Parenting Program.
The Circle of Security-Parenting (COSP™) program is an American psychoeducational intervention designed to improve parental sensitive responsiveness and foster secure attachment. This qualitative study explores the experiences of mothers of infants who participated in COSP™. Fourteen Danish mothers...
| Published in: | Journal of Child & Family Studies Vol. 34; no. 9; pp. 2471 - 2487 |
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