2020-05-12
Attachment development in children adopted from China: the role of pre-adoption care and sensitive adoptive parenting
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The current study examined the attachment development of 92 internationally adopted Chinese girls, focusing on the influence of type of pre-adoption care (institutional versus foster care) and sensitive adoptive parenting. Although the children were more often insecurely attached than non-adopted children 2 and 6 months after adoption (Times 1 and 2, N = 92), they had similar levels of secure base script knowledge (SBS knowledge) as a non-adopted comparison group at age 10 (Time 3, N = 87). Furthermore, concurrently observed sensitive parenting was positively associated with SBS knowledge. Finally, a significant interaction between type of pre-adoption care and early-childhood sensitive parenting indicated that the post-institutionalized children showed a stronger increase in security than the post-foster children when parents were more sensitive.
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doi.org/10.1080/14616734.2020.1760902, hdl.handle.net/1765/127305 | |
Attachment and Human Development | |
Organisation | Department of Psychology |
Finet, C. (Chloë), Waters, T.E.A. (Theodore E. A.), Vermeer, H., Juffer, F., van IJzendoorn, R., Bakermans-Kranenburg, M., & Bosmans, G. (Guy). (2020). Attachment development in children adopted from China: the role of pre-adoption care and sensitive adoptive parenting. Attachment and Human Development. doi:10.1080/14616734.2020.1760902 |