A meta-analytic review of parenting interventions in foster care and adoption
Eight meta-analyses examined parenting interventions and family outcomes, including children’s attachment security, behaviour, cortisol patterns and placement disruption. The review included UK adoption evaluations. Combined findings showed fewer child behaviour problems, but did not establish improvements in attachment security, cortisol patterns or placement stability.
Limitations: Combines foster-care and adoption research from different countries and intervention models. Child behaviour was mainly measured through caregiver reports, sometimes with teacher or professional reports. Follow-up and evidence for some outcomes were limited. Summarises existing samples rather than supplying a new 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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