Association of Home Visitors' and Mothers' Attachment Style with Family Engagement

Autor/inn/en	McFarlane, Elizabeth; Burrell, Lori; Fuddy, Loretta; Tandon, Darius; Derauf, D. Christian; Leaf, Philip; Duggan, Anne
Titel	Association of Home Visitors' and Mothers' Attachment Style with Family Engagement
Quelle	In: Journal of Community Psychology, 38 (2010) 5, S.541-556 (16 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0090-4392
DOI	10.1002/jcop.20380
Schlagwörter	Child Abuse; Mental Health; Home Visits; Attachment Behavior; Parent Child Relationship; Family Relationship; Family Environment; Prevention; Questionnaires; Anxiety; Mothers; Parent Influence; Trust (Psychology); Hawaii + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Abuse of children; Abuse; Child; Children; Kindesmissbrauch; Missbrauch; Kind; Kinder; Psychohygiene; Hausbesuch; Attachment; Bindungsverhalten; Parents-child relationship; Parent-child-relation; Parent-child relationship; Eltern-Kind-Beziehung; Familienmilieu; Prävention; Vorbeugung; Fragebogen; Angst; Mother; Mutter
Abstract	Family engagement in home visiting (HV) is challenging. This study related attachment security of home visitors (n=48) and mothers (n=328) to family engagement in an HV program to prevent child maltreatment. Attachment security was assessed by using the Attachment Style Questionnaire to measure attachment anxiety and attachment avoidance. Family engagement was defined as receipt of a high dose of visits and home visitor response to intimate partner violence (IPV) and poor maternal mental health as measured via record review and by maternal report of trust in the home visitor. Home visitors had lower attachment anxiety and avoidance than mothers. Families were likely to receive a high dose of services if either the mother or home visitor was high on attachment anxiety. Home visitors high on attachment anxiety were less likely to respond to IPV and poor maternal mental health; home visitors high on attachment avoidance were more likely to respond to these issues. Mothers with high attachment anxiety were less trusting of highly anxious home visitors and more trusting of avoidant home visitors. HV programs should consider the influence of both home visitor and maternal attachment style on family engagement. (Contains 4 tables and 1 figure.) (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10