Artículo
Foster children’s attachment representations: the role of type of maltreatment and the relationship with birth family
Autor/es | Carrera, Pablo
Román Rodríguez, Maite Jiménez Morago, Jesús Miguel |
Departamento | Universidad de Sevilla. Departamento de Psicología Evolutiva y de la Educación |
Fecha de publicación | 2021 |
Fecha de depósito | 2023-11-07 |
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Resumen | Children in foster care are at risk of developing insecure and disorganized attachment, which is problematic for establishing new relationships in foster families. However, most previous studies have focused on attachment ... Children in foster care are at risk of developing insecure and disorganized attachment, which is problematic for establishing new relationships in foster families. However, most previous studies have focused on attachment behaviors in young children rather than on attachment representations. We compared foster children’s attachment representations with those of a community group, analyzing also the contribution made by different factors to foster children’s attachment representations. We assessed the attachment representations of 109 children aged between 4 and 9 years (51 children in non-kin foster care and 58 community children) in southern Spain, using a narrative story stem measure. Case records information were collected for adversity and child protection variables. Foster children had fewer security and more avoidance indicators than their community counterparts, with those who had suffered more severe maltreatment scoring lower for security and higher for disorganization. Exposure to physical and emotional abuse and birth parents’ opposition to the foster placement predicted more disorganized attachment representations. Interventions with foster children should consider their heterogeneity in terms of attachment outcomes, and foster caregivers of abused children may need guidance in order to provide therapeutic caregiving. |
Agencias financiadoras | Ministerio de Economia, Industria y Competitividad (MINECO). España European Commission (EC). Fondo Europeo de Desarrollo Regional (FEDER) |
Identificador del proyecto | SEJ2006-12216
PSI2010-19287 PSI2015-67757-R |
Cita | Carrera, P., Román Rodríguez, M. y Jiménez Morago, J.M. (2021). Foster children’s attachment representations: the role of type of maltreatment and the relationship with birth family. Attachment & Human Development, 23 (6), 969-986. https://doi.org/10.1080/14616734.2020.1841253. |
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