Attachment Representations and Early Adversity in Internationally Adopted Children from Russian Federation Using the Friends and Family Interview

Autor/inn/en	Peñarrubia, María; Román, Maite; Palacios, Jesús
Titel	Attachment Representations and Early Adversity in Internationally Adopted Children from Russian Federation Using the Friends and Family Interview
Quelle	In: Journal of Early Adolescence, 43 (2023) 6, S.697-719 (23 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Peñarrubia, María) ORCID (Román, Maite) ORCID (Palacios, Jesús)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0272-4316
DOI	10.1177/02724316221116050
Schlagwörter	Foreign Countries; Adoption; Attachment Behavior; Parent Child Relationship; Preadolescents; Early Adolescents; Age Differences; Gender Differences; Intelligence Quotient; Family Structure; Parent Background; Educational Attainment; Institutionalized Persons; Spain; Russia + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ausland; Attachment; Bindungsverhalten; Parents-child relationship; Parent-child-relation; Parent-child relationship; Eltern-Kind-Beziehung; Pre-adolescence; Präadoleszenz; Age; Difference; Age difference; Altersunterschied; Geschlechterkonflikt; Intelligenzquotient; Familienkonstellation; Familiensystem; Elternhaus; Bildungsabschluss; Bildungsgut; Spanien; Russland
Abstract	Extant literature suggests that adopted children can generate new attachment bonds with adoptive parents, although early adversity leaves an enduring mark. This research was focused on attachment representations when adoptees from Russia were reaching their adolescence. The participants were 29 adoptees and 38 children from a control group, aged between 8 and 13 years. The Friends and Family Interview, a semi-structured interview, assessed the narrative's coherence, reflective function, internal working models, and attachment classification. Children's narrative was coded into numerical data by two coders with high interrater reliability. Adopted children were classified 41% secure, 35% dismissing, 14% preoccupied, and 10% disorganized (82% secure in the control group). Children's age, gender and verbal IQ, and family structure--but not mother's academic level nor placement variables--were related to attachment variables in both groups. Although adoption offers a protective context that promotes secure attachment, insecurity and disorganization are still evident. (As Provided).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2024/1/01