What is it about?
This study examined potential differences in attachment-related states of mind between foster parents and comparison parents, as well as the concordance between caregivers' states of mind and child attachment style in foster children (all placed before age 2 years) and comparison children.
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Why is it important?
Findings suggest that the majority of foster parents possessed an autonomous state of mind, and no significant group differences were observed between foster and comparison parents. At both evaluation points, most foster children classified as secure had autonomous foster parents, similar to the comparison children.
Perspectives
It's promising that early placement of foster children with autonomous foster parents seem to support sustained security in children over time. The lesson is that recruitment of foster parents with autonomous attachment is crucial to advance foster children's development.
Professor Lars Smith
University of Oslo
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This page is a summary of: FOSTER PARENTS’ STATE OF MIND WITH RESPECT TO ATTACHMENT: CONCORDANCE WITH THEIR FOSTER CHILDREN'S ATTACHMENT PATTERNS AT 2 AND 3 YEARS OF AGE, Infant Mental Health Journal Infancy and Early Childhood, June 2014, Wiley,
DOI: 10.1002/imhj.21447.
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