Fishburn, Sarah Louise, Meins, Elizabeth orcid.org/0000-0002-5375-6448, Greenhow, Sarah et al. (6 more authors) (2017) Mind-mindedness in parents of looked after children. Developmental Psychology. pp. 1954-1965. ISSN 0012-1649
Abstract
The studies reported here aimed to test the proposal that mind-mindedness is a quality of personal relationships by assessing mind-mindedness in caregiver–child dyads where the relationship has not spanned the child’s life or where the relationship has been judged dysfunctional. Studies 1 and 2 investigated differences in mind-mindedness between adoptive parents (ns 89, 36) and biological parents from the general population (ns 54, 114). Both studies found lower mind-mindedness in adoptive compared with biological parents. Study 2’s results showed that this group difference was independent of parental mental health and could not fully be explained in terms of children’s behavioral difficulties. Study 3 investigated differences in mind-mindedness in foster carers (n=122), parents whose children have been the subject of a child protection plan (n=172), and a community sample of biological parents (n=128). The level of mind-mindedness in foster carers and parents who were involved with child protection services was identical and lower than that in the community sample; children’s behavioral difficulties could not account for the difference between the two groups of biological parents. In all three studies, non-biological carers’ tendency to describe their children with reference to pre-adoption or placement experiences was negatively related to mind-mindedness. These findings are in line with mind-mindedness being a relational construct.
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © 2017 by the American Psychological Association. This is an author-produced version of the published paper. Uploaded in accordance with the publisher’s self-archiving policy. Further copying may not be permitted; contact the publisher for details |
Keywords: | mind-mindedness; adoption; fostering; behavioral difficulties; child protection |
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Institution: | The University of York |
Academic Units: | The University of York > Faculty of Sciences (York) > Psychology (York) The University of York > Faculty of Social Sciences (York) > Social Policy and Social Work (York) |
Funding Information: | Funder Grant number ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL RESEARCH COUNCIL (ESRC) ES/L002566/1 |
Depositing User: | Pure (York) |
Date Deposited: | 19 Apr 2017 11:00 |
Last Modified: | 22 Nov 2024 00:31 |
Published Version: | https://doi.org/10.1037/dev0000304 |
Status: | Published |
Refereed: | Yes |
Identification Number: | 10.1037/dev0000304 |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:115155 |
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