Why choose Connect?
Connect was rated by the California Evidence-Based Clearinghouse (CEBC) and given a Scientific Rating of 1 (Well Supported by Research Evidence) and a Child Welfare System Relevance Level of Medium.
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Research and program evaluation are integral parts of the Connect Attachment Programs. Ongoing program evaluation procedures are crucial to maintaining program integrity and ensuring continued assessment of program effectiveness. Program evaluation must be completed for every Connect group.
Click this link to view a recent presentation made by Dr Marlene Moretti and Dr Vicky Kelly on the Connect Program and related research.
We are strongly committed to knowledge translation and the development of evidence-based interventions to prevent and reduce risk. Together with community partners in mental health and education, we have developed, delivered, and evaluated our Connect programs, which provide important benefits to youth and their families and cost-saving measures to society.
New research is ongoing and our website is updated quarterly. For requests to receive copies of any papers not found on this site, please email ConnectProject@sfu.ca
Recent Publications
For more publications and research evidence, see the Adolescent Health Lab website or Dr. Moretti’s Google Scholar
Liu, H., Bao, L., Kristen, A., Vu, A. T., & Moretti, M. (2026). A Pilot Study of an Attachment-Based Parenting Intervention for Mandarin-Speaking Families in Canada. Clinical child psychology and psychiatry, 31(2), 666–680. Click here.
Bao, L., Kristen, A., Liu, H., Dys, S., & Moretti, M. M. (2025). A Pilot Study of an Attachment-Based Parenting Intervention for Parents of Adolescents in China: Translation, Modifications, and Preliminary Effectiveness. Family Process. Click here.
Ranahan, P., Hssayki, R., Liu, H., Dys, S., & Moretti, M. M. (2025). Traversing Towards Connection: A Grounded Theory of Father Engagement in Parenting Interventions for Caregivers of Adolescents. Child Welfare.
Moretti, M. M., Dys, S. P., Craig, S. G., Sierra Hernandez, C. A., Goulter, N., O’Donnell, K. & Pasalich, D. S. (2024). An Attachment-Based Program for Parents of Youth with Clinically Significant Mental Health Problems: Scaling Up and Drilling Down to Mechanisms of Change. JCPP Advances. Click here
Pace, C. S., Muzi, S., Moretti, M. M., & Barone, L. (2024). Supporting adoptive and foster parents of adolescents through the trauma-informed e-Connect Parent Group: a preliminary descriptive study. Frontiers in Psychology. Click here
Pace, C.S., Muzi, S., Moretti, M., Barone, L. (2024). Supporting adoptive and foster parents of adolescents through the trauma-informed e-Connect parent group: A preliminary descriptive study. Frontiers in Psychology, 15, 1266930. Click here
Benzi, I.M.A., Carone, N., Moretti, M., Ruglioni, L., Tracchegiani, J., Barone, L. (2023). eCONNECT Parent Group: An online attachment-based intervention to reduce attachment insecurity, behavioral problems, and emotional dysregulation in adolescence. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 20(4), 3532. Click here
Barone, L., Carone, N., Costantino, A., Genshow, J., Merelli, S., Milone, A., Polidori, L., Ruglioni, L., Moretti, M. (2021) Effect of a parenting intervention on decreasing adolescents’ behavioral problems via reduction in attachment insecurity: A longitudinal, multicenter, randomized controlled trial. Journal of Adolescence, 91c, 82-96 Click here
Barone, L., Carone, N., Costantino, A., Genshow, J., Merelli, S., Milone, A., Polidori, L., Ruglioni, L., Moretti, M. (2020) Training parents’ to adolescents’ challenges: The CONNECT parent program. Quaderni di Psicoterapia Cognitiva, 46, 31-46. Click here
Ozturk, Y., Moretti, M., & Barone, L. (2019). Addressing parental stress and adolescents’ behavioral problems through an attachment-based program: An intervention study. International Journal of Psychology and Psychological Therapy, 19,1, 89-100. Click here
Barone, L., Carone, N., Costantino, A., Genschow, L., Merelli, S., Milone, A., Polidori, L., & Moretti, M. (2019). “Changes in attachment avoidance reduce adolescents’ externalizing symptoms: The effectiveness of CONNECT intervention in Italy”. Paper presented in the symposium “Attachment Based Intervention for Caregivers of Adolescents – Connect”, at the International Attachment Conference 2019 (IAC), Vancouver (CAN), July 18th–20th, 2019.
Barone, L., Carone, N., Costantino, A., Genschow, L., Merelli, S., Milone, A., Polidori, L., & Moretti, M. (2019). “A multicenter study on the effectiveness of CONNECT in reducing behavioral problems in adolescence: The role of attachment”. Paper presented in the symposium “Gli interventi con prove di efficacia in ambito familiare e scolastico”, at the XXXII national Congress of the Italian Association of Psychology – developmental and educational psychology section, Naples, September 23rd–25th, 2019.