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Åkerman, Anna-Karin E.; Holmqvist, Rolf; Frostell, Anneli; Falkenström, Fredrik – Child Care in Practice, 2022
Knowledge about the development of mental health in young people in foster care is limited. This naturalistic study examined the effects of a relational and mentalization-focused treatment in foster families in Sweden on the placed young people's mental health. The Achenbach System of Empirically Based Assessment (ASEBA) was used to measure change…
Descriptors: Foster Care, Youth, Mental Health, Mental Health Programs
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Caltabiano, Marie L.; Thorpe, Rosamund – Child Care in Practice, 2007
This study assessed the adult attachment styles of 111 male and female foster carers of children who have been abused and neglected in the Mackay/Whitsunday region of Queensland, Australia. It was hypothesised that those foster carers with secure attachment or with "earned" secure attachment status are better able to cope with the…
Descriptors: Attachment Behavior, Measures (Individuals), Foreign Countries, Foster Care