Insecure Attachment States of Mind and Atypical Caregiving Behavior among Foster Mothers

Autor/inn/en	Ballen, Natasha; Bernier, Annie; Moss, Ellen; Tarabulsy, George M.; St-Laurent, Diane
Titel	Insecure Attachment States of Mind and Atypical Caregiving Behavior among Foster Mothers
Quelle	In: Journal of Applied Developmental Psychology, 31 (2010) 2, S.118-125 (8 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0193-3973
DOI	10.1016/j.appdev.2009.10.001
Schlagwörter	Mothers; Caregivers; Child Rearing; Risk; Attachment Behavior; Foster Care; Parent Child Relationship; Correlation; Parenting Styles; Child Abuse; Fear; At Risk Persons; Adult Attachment Interview + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Mother; Mutter; Caregiver; Carer; Betreuungsperson; Pfleger; Kindererziehung; Risiko; Attachment; Bindungsverhalten; Pflegehilfe; Parents-child relationship; Parent-child-relation; Parent-child relationship; Eltern-Kind-Beziehung; Korrelation; Abuse of children; Abuse; Child; Children; Kindesmissbrauch; Missbrauch; Kind; Kinder; Furcht; Risikogruppe
Abstract	The current study examined the links between attachment state of mind (assessed with the Adult Attachment Interview) and atypical parenting behavior among 39 foster mothers. Insecure states of mind were associated with increased atypical parenting while interacting with the foster child, whereas unexpectedly, an unresolved state of mind was not. Furthermore, caregivers with higher coherence and lower passivity scores on the AAI were less likely to display atypical parenting behaviors. Finally, presence of abuse in the caregiver's history and overall unresolved attachment state of mind were found to relate specifically to fearful/disoriented parenting. The results suggest that an insecure state of mind may be a risk factor for atypical caregiving in certain populations, even in the absence of unresolved attachment representations. (Contains 6 tables.) (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10