Family Interaction Program
Links to Selected
FIP Publications
Zimmer-Gembeck, M. J., Ryan, K. M., & Campbell, S. M. Parent-Child Interaction Therapy: A focus on meta-analyses to identify benefits and new approaches. (2025). To appear in A. Scudder, T. Hembree-Kigin, & C. M. McNeil (Eds.), Clinical Handbook of Advancements in Parent-Child Interaction Therapy. Springer.
Two new papers from our Team about Parent-Child Interaction Therapy click the links below:
Campbell, S. M., Edwards, E.-J., Hambour, V., Horan, N., Hawes, T., Swan, K., Wotton, M., Melloy, B., & Zimmer-Gembeck, M. J. (2024). The effects of Parent-Child Interaction Therapy on parent feeding practices and children’s problematic mealtime behaviors. Behavior Therapy.
Campbell, S. M., Hawes, T., Swan, K., Thomas, R., & Zimmer-Gembeck, M. J. (2023). Evidence-based treatment in practice: Parent-Child Interaction Therapy research on addressing individual differences and diversity through the lens of 20 years of service. Psychology Research and Behavior Management.
Read more from Dr. Shawna Campbell, FIP psychologist, on Emotion Regulation and Emotionality in Children and Adolescents:
An Explanation of Emotion and Dysregulation of Emotion
Talking to Children about New Emotions: Inside Out 2
What does Emotion Dysregulation Mean?
Publications about Circle of Security
Zimmer-Gembeck, M. J., Rudolph, J., Polak, E.-J., Swan, K., Hawes, T., Campbell, S. M., & Webb, H. J. (2022). Circle of Security: A randomized controlled trial of a low intensity, individualized attached-based program with at-risk parents. Behavior Therapy, 53(2), 208-223. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.beth.2021.07.003
Publications about Parent-Child Interaction Therapy
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Zimmer-Gembeck, M. J., Kerin, J., Webb, H. J., Gardner, A., Mastro, S., & Swan, K. (2019). Improved perceptions of emotion regulation and reflective functioning in parents: Two additional positive outcomes of Parent-Child Interaction Therapy. Behavior Therapy, 50, 340-352. doi:10.1016/j.beth.2018.07.002
Thomas, R., Abell, B., Webb, H. J., Avdagic, E., & Zimmer-Gembeck, M. J. (2017). Parent-Child Interaction Therapy: A meta-analysis. Pediatrics, 140(3) e20170352.
Webb, H. J., Thomas, R., McGregor, L., Avdagic, E., & Zimmer-Gembeck, M. J. (2017). An evaluation of Parent-Child Interaction Therapy with and without a motivational enhancement to reduce attrition. Journal of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology, 46, 537-550. doi:10.1080/15374416.2016.1247357.
Thomas, R., & Zimmer-Gembeck, M. J. (2012). Parent-Child Interaction Therapy: An evidence-based treatment for child abuse, Child Maltreatment, 17, 253-266.
Thomas, R., & Zimmer-Gembeck, M. J. (2011). Accumulating evidence for best practice: The case of Parent-Child Interaction Therapy and child maltreatment. Child Development, 82, 177-192.
Thomas, R., & Zimmer-Gembeck, M. J. (2007). Behavioral outcomes of Parent-Child Interaction Therapy and Triple P – Positive Parenting Program: A review and meta-analysis, Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology, 35, 475-495.
Other publications related from the FIP Team
Rudolph, J. I., Van Berkel, S., Zimmer-Gembeck, M. J., Walsh, K., Straker, D., & Campbell, T. (2023). Parental involvement in programs to prevent child sexual abuse: A systematic review of four decades of research. Trauma, Violence, & Abuse. https://doi.org/10.1177/15248380231156408.
Rudolph, J. I., Zimmer-Gembeck, M. J., Straker, D., Hambour, V., Hawes, T., & Swan, K. (2023). Parental-led sexual abuse education amongst at-risk parents: Associations with parenting practices, and parent and child symptomology. Journal of Child Sexual Abuse, 32(5), 575-595. http://doi.org/10.1080/10538712.2023.2222116
Zimmer-Gembeck, M. J., Rudolph, J., Kerin, J., & Bohadana-Brown, G. (2022). Parent emotional regulation: A meta-analytic review of its association with parenting and child adjustment. International Journal of Behavioral Development, 46(1), 63-82. https://doi.org/10.1177/01650254211051086
Swan, K., Shanley, D. C. & Zimmer-Gembeck, M. J. (2022). Development and validation of the Professional Sense of Competence Scale (ProSOCS) for practitioners who treat disruptive behaviours in children, Higher Education, Skills and Work-Based Learning, 12(4), 645-660. https://doi.org/10.1108/HESWBL-08-2021-0167
Rudolph, J. I., Walsh, K., Shanley, D. C., & Zimmer-Gembeck, M. J. (2022). Child sexual abuse prevention: Parental discussion, protective practices and attitudes. Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 37(23-24), NP22375-NP22400. https://doi.org/10.1177/08862605211072258
Zimmer-Gembeck, M. J., Webb, H. J., Pepping, C. A., Swan, K., Merlo, O., Skinner, E. A., Avdagic, E., & Dunbar, M. (2017). Review: Is parent–child attachment a correlate of children’s emotion regulation and coping? International Journal of Behavioral Development, 4, 74-93. doi:10.1177/0165025415618276. As of June 2019, the #1 read paper in the past 6 months and #3 cited paper published in this journal in the past 3 years.
Zimmer-Gembeck, M. J., Webb, H. J., Thomas, R., & Klag, S. (2015). A new measure of toddler parenting practices and associations with attachment and mothers’ sensitivity, competence, and enjoyment of parenting, Early Child Development and Care, 185, 1422-1436. doi:10.1080/03004430.2014.1001753.