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Attachment for Infants in Foster Care: The Role of Caregiver State of Mind
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The concordance between foster mothers' attachment state of mind and foster infants' attachment quality was examined for 50 foster mother – infant dyads. Babies had been placed into the care of their foster mothers between birth and 20 months of age. Attachment quality was assessed between 12 and 24 months of age, at least 3 months after the infants' placement into foster care. The two-way correspondence between maternal state of mind and infant attachment quality was 72%, κ= .43, similar to the level seen among biologically intact mother – infant dyads. Contrary to expectations, age at placement was not related to attachment quality. Rather, concordance between maternal state of mind and infant attachment was seen for relatively late-placed babies, as well as early placed babies. These findings have two major implications. First, following a disruption in care during the first year and a half of life, babies appear capable of organizing their behavior around the availability of new caregivers. Second, these data argue for a nongenetic mechanism for the intergenerational transmission of attachment.
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- Authors
- Dozier, M., Stoval, K. C., Albus, K. E., & Bates, B.
- Affiliations
- University of Delaware (US)
- Cornell University Medical Center , Ithaca, NY
- ORCID
- Dozier, Mary
- Venue
- Child Development
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press (OUP)
- Published
- 2001-09-01
- Volume
- 72
- Issue
- 5
- Pages
- 1467-1477
- ISSN
- 0009-3920 (ISSN-L)
- 1467-8624
- OpenAlex
- W2168891008
- Cited by
- 503
- References
- 40
- Citations by year
- 2026: 7 · 2025: 14 · 2024: 15 · 2023: 10 · 2022: 16 · 2021: 18 · 2020: 22 · 2019: 11 · 2018: 14 · 2017: 32 · 2016: 17 · 2015: 34 · 2014: 30 · 2013: 31 · 2012: 24
- FWCI
- 18.64
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Licence
- Locations
- Child Development (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Funders
- Department of Social Services, Australian Government
- National Institutes of Health
- U.S. Public Health Service (52135)
- National Institute of Mental Health
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Social Psychology › Attachment and Relationship Dynamics
- Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Child Welfare and Adoption
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Psychoanalysis and Psychopathology Research
- Keywords
- infant attachment, foster care, foster mothers, attachment quality, intergenerational transmission of attachment, age at placement, caregiver availability, mother-infant dyads
- MeSH terms
- Adult, Aged, Female, Foster Home Care, Humans, Infant, Longitudinal Studies, Male, Middle Aged, Models, Psychological, Mother-Child Relations, Object Attachment, Psychiatric Status Rating Scales, Intergenerational Relations, Caregivers, Infant Behavior, Reactive Attachment Disorder
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