Parenting interventions to support parent/child attachment and psychosocial adjustment in foster and adoptive parents and children: A systematic review
This review identified 44 studies representing 27 populations, including six UK studies. The synthesis used 24 reports from 16 populations. Attachment-based interventions were associated with better caregiver-rated child psychosocial adjustment and observed positive child behaviour immediately after treatment. Evidence on attachment security and longer-term effects was inconclusive.
Limitations: Foster-care and adoption findings are combined and most studies were from the United States. Some child outcomes were caregiver-rated; others were observed. Missing data, study limitations and overlapping samples reduced the material available for pooling. These are existing studies, not a new independent cohort.
- Research type
- Systematic review and meta-analysis
- Source reviewed
- Full text
- Peer reviewed
- Yes
- Age group
- Mixed
Study context and review
Age group as recorded: mixed
Adoption context: Domestic and intercountry adoption; foster care combined
Programme: Not recorded
Institutional context: No relationship identified in the material checked
No adoption-sector organisational relationship identified from metadata reviewed. Funding and conflicts were not comprehensively audited; this is not confirmation of institutional independence.
Bibliographic screening. Bibliographic relationships are not a bias or safety rating.
Topics: attachment, mental health, post-adoption support, systematic review
Review scope: Source checked: Full text. This does not imply full-text or independent human verification.
Country as recorded: United Kingdom; international
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- Declared conflicts
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- Recruitment
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- Adoptee involvement
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