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Attachment Behavior of Children Adopted Internationally at Six Months Post Adoption

Year: 2011

Type: article

Abstract: The purpose of this pilot study was to describe attachment behavior in children adopted internationally at 6 months post adoption. Twenty-two children and their adoptive mothers were observed at home for completion of an attachment measure. Mothers also completed a questionnaire on their child's preadoption care. Comparisons of children low and high in attachment security suggested that low secure children showed predominantly ambivalent attachment behavior or that they were still in the process of forming an attachment. Children having foster versus orphanage care prior to adoption differed in quality of preadoption care and in certain attachment behaviors, but not in overall attachment security.

Source: Adoption Quarterly

DOI: 10.1080/10926755.2011.628262

Authors: Sandra Niemann, Sandra Weiss

Institution: University of California, San Francisco

Language: English

Topic: Child Welfare and Adoption

Subfield: Safety Research

Field: Social Sciences

Domain: Social Sciences

SDG: Good health and well-being

Open Access status: green

Funder: National Institute of Nursing Research