Managing Behaviour with Attachment in Mind
An evaluation of a group for adoptive parents and foster carers combined behaviour-management approaches with attachment theory. Pre- and post-group questionnaires indicated improved parent–child relationships. Caregivers also reported reductions in the perceived severity and impact of children’s behavioural concerns.
Limitations: Caregiver-proxy outcomes, not children’s own accounts. Adoption and foster-care results are combined. No untreated comparison is described in the abstract, and the abstract does not give the sample size or establish lasting effects. The authors were clinicians at Northamptonshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust reporting on a group intervention; the paper was published in the adoption-sector journal Adoption & Fostering.
- Research type
- Pre/post group-intervention evaluation
- Source reviewed
- Abstract
- Peer reviewed
- Yes
- Age group
- Mixed
Study context and review
Age group as recorded: mixed
Adoption context: Adoption and foster care combined
Programme: Northamptonshire Managing Behaviour with Attachment in Mind
Institutional context: Adoption-sector service evaluation
The authors were clinicians at Northamptonshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust reporting on a group intervention; the paper was published in the adoption-sector journal Adoption & Fostering.
Relationship identified. Bibliographic relationships are not a bias or safety rating.
Topics: attachment, behaviour, post-adoption support
Review scope: Source checked: Abstract. This does not imply full-text or independent human verification.
Country as recorded: England
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