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Empowering mothers: does VIG increase attunement, decrease parental stress and increase parental self-efficacy in mothers who have survived domestic abuse? Maria Martin-McKeever (24166488) PUREID: 454176042 VIG video interaction guidance domestic violence attuned interactions parenting stress parenting self-efficacy Video Interaction Guidance (VIG) is an intervention method used to support the development of attuned relationships. VIG has been found to be effective in supporting vulnerable parent- child dyads who have experienced adversities and/or are known to statutory services. However, interventions involving mothers and their children who have experienced domestic violence (DV) are underrepresented in the VIG research.<br><br>Three mother-child dyads who had experienced DV were recruited for the study. A mixed- methods design was used to investigate four areas of interest: the frequency of attuned interactions; parenting stress; parenting self-efficacy; the experience of mothers in participating in a VIG intervention. Each participating dyad participated in three cycles of VIG.<br><br>The results indicate that participants made gains in the number of attuned interactions and in parenting self-efficacy between the first and third cycles. Mothers’ parenting stress also decreased. Mothers’ experiences of the intervention were largely positive and reflected perceptions of change. 2026-10-01T16:54:05Z Text Thesis 10.17034/32634612.v1 https://figshare.com/articles/thesis/Empowering_mothers_does_VIG_increase_attunement_decrease_parental_stress_and_increase_parental_self-efficacy_in_mothers_who_have_survived_domestic_abuse_/32634612 All Rights Reserved