TY - JOUR
T1 - Attachment development in children adopted from China:The role of pre-adoption care and sensitive adoptive parenting
AU - Finet, Chloë
AU - Waters, Theodore E.A.
AU - Vermeer, Harriet J.
AU - Juffer, Femmie
AU - Van IJzendoorn, Marinus H.
AU - Bakermans-Kranenburg, Marian J.
AU - Bosmans, Guy
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
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PY - 2021
Y1 - 2021
N2 - The current study examined the attachment development of 92 internationally adopted Chinese girls, focusing on the influence of type of pre-adoption care (institutional versus foster care) and sensitive adoptive parenting. Although the children were more often insecurely attached than non-adopted children 2 and 6 months after adoption (Times 1 and 2, N = 92), they had similar levels of secure base script knowledge (SBS knowledge) as a non-adopted comparison group at age 10 (Time 3, N = 87). Furthermore, concurrently observed sensitive parenting was positively associated with SBS knowledge. Finally, a significant interaction between type of pre-adoption care and early-childhood sensitive parenting indicated that the post-institutionalized children showed a stronger increase in security than the post-foster children when parents were more sensitive.
AB - The current study examined the attachment development of 92 internationally adopted Chinese girls, focusing on the influence of type of pre-adoption care (institutional versus foster care) and sensitive adoptive parenting. Although the children were more often insecurely attached than non-adopted children 2 and 6 months after adoption (Times 1 and 2, N = 92), they had similar levels of secure base script knowledge (SBS knowledge) as a non-adopted comparison group at age 10 (Time 3, N = 87). Furthermore, concurrently observed sensitive parenting was positively associated with SBS knowledge. Finally, a significant interaction between type of pre-adoption care and early-childhood sensitive parenting indicated that the post-institutionalized children showed a stronger increase in security than the post-foster children when parents were more sensitive.
KW - International adoption
KW - attachment
KW - pre-adoption care
KW - secure base script
KW - sensitive parenting
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U2 - 10.1080/14616734.2020.1760902
DO - 10.1080/14616734.2020.1760902
M3 - Article
C2 - 32396768
AN - SCOPUS:85084988319
SN - 1461-6734
VL - 23
SP - 587
EP - 607
JO - Attachment and Human Development
JF - Attachment and Human Development
IS - 5
ER -