Recent literature has shown that the good outcome of adoption would mostly depend on the quality of adoptive parenting, which is strongly associated with the security of parental internal working models (IWMs) of attachment. Specifically, attachment states-of-mind of adoptive mothers classified as free and autonomous and without lack of resolution of loss or trauma could represent a good protective factor for adopted children, previously maltreated and neglected. While most research on adoptive families focused on pre-school and school-aged children, the aim of this study was to assess the concordance of IWMs of attachment in adoptive dyads during adolescence.

Adoptive parenting and attachment: association of the Internal Working Models between adoptive mothers and their late-adopted children during adolescence / Pace, CECILIA SERENA; DI FOLCO, Simona; Guerriero, Viviana; Santona, Alessandra Maria Roberta; Terrone, G.. - In: FRONTIERS IN PSYCHOLOGY. - ISSN 1664-1078. - ELETTRONICO. - 6:(2015). [10.3389/fpsyg.2015.01433]

Adoptive parenting and attachment: association of the Internal Working Models between adoptive mothers and their late-adopted children during adolescence

PACE, CECILIA SERENA
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DI FOLCO, SIMONA;GUERRIERO, VIVIANA;SANTONA, Alessandra Maria Roberta;
2015

Abstract

Recent literature has shown that the good outcome of adoption would mostly depend on the quality of adoptive parenting, which is strongly associated with the security of parental internal working models (IWMs) of attachment. Specifically, attachment states-of-mind of adoptive mothers classified as free and autonomous and without lack of resolution of loss or trauma could represent a good protective factor for adopted children, previously maltreated and neglected. While most research on adoptive families focused on pre-school and school-aged children, the aim of this study was to assess the concordance of IWMs of attachment in adoptive dyads during adolescence.
2015
attachment; adoption; adolescence; internal working models (IWMs); Friend and Family Interview
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Adoptive parenting and attachment: association of the Internal Working Models between adoptive mothers and their late-adopted children during adolescence / Pace, CECILIA SERENA; DI FOLCO, Simona; Guerriero, Viviana; Santona, Alessandra Maria Roberta; Terrone, G.. - In: FRONTIERS IN PSYCHOLOGY. - ISSN 1664-1078. - ELETTRONICO. - 6:(2015). [10.3389/fpsyg.2015.01433]
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