Supporting Parenting at Home: Empowerment to Rehabilitation through Engagement (SPHERE)

This database includes the raw data linked with the project Supporting Parenting at Home: Empowerment to Rehabilitation through Engagement (SPHERE) project that developed a brief Video Feedback intervention for parenting support that can be delivered at home through telemedicine format. The project tested its efficacy on parental interactive skills and wellbeing and on infants’ regulation in a randomized clinical trial. Moreover it tested the potential beneficial impact of this intervention to optimize healthcare system resources in terms of number of families targeted, cost-benefit analysis and optimization of time-space-personnel balance. The dataset includes: a) observational data of infants’ behaviors of emotional regulation and socio-interactive skills (i.e., social initiations, exploration, responsiveness) b) maternal report of temperament and infants’ behavioral problems based on standardized questionnaires (i.e., infant behavior questionnaire). c) self-report measures of maternal psychological adjustment and emotional well-being (i.e., depression, anxiety, parenting stress) based on standardized questionnaires. e) observational data of parents’ caregiving skills (i.e., sensitivity, mind-mindedness, stimulation) f) data about the feasibility of the intervention (ad-hoc questionnaire) g) data about the potential beneficial impact of the intervention (ad-hoc questionnaire)