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dc.contributor.authorGibbons, N
dc.contributor.authorBacon, Alison
dc.contributor.authorLloyd, L
dc.date.accessioned2019-10-11T15:52:18Z
dc.date.issued2019-12
dc.identifier.issn0308-5759
dc.identifier.issn1740-469X
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10026.1/14980
dc.description.abstract

Looked after children have frequently experienced complex developmental trauma manifesting as behavioural, cognitive and emotional challenges and difficulties in forming secure relational attachments to caregivers. Nurturing Attachments training was developed specifically to support carers who are parenting such children. The present study reports on a mixed-methods evaluation of this programme, focusing particularly on its impact on carer self-efficacy and behavioural manifestations of Reactive Attachment Disorder (RAD) which are common among looked after children, even if they are not formally diagnosed. Ten foster carers completed measures of self-efficacy and RAD before and after the training. A significant increase in carer self-efficacy was found but there was no overall change in levels of children's RAD-related behaviour. Semi-structured interviews were undertaken to explore the reasons for this. They revealed three key themes: reflection on then and now; knowledge and understanding; and contact with birth parents. These demonstrated how, after training, foster carers were able to reflect on changes in their own behaviours and draw on new knowledge and understanding. However, contact with biological parents remained challenging and some children seemed to show increased RAD-type behaviours associated with this. Results are discussed in terms of implications for training foster carers.

dc.format.extent413-428
dc.languageen
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherSAGE Publications
dc.subject7.1 Individual care needs
dc.subjectMental health
dc.titleIs Nurturing Attachments training effective in improving Self-Efficacy in foster carers and in reducing manifestations of Reactive Attachment Disorder in looked after children?
dc.typejournal-article
dc.typeJournal Article
plymouth.issue4
plymouth.volume43
plymouth.publication-statusPublished
plymouth.journalAdoption and Fostering
dc.identifier.doi10.1177/0308575919884892
plymouth.organisational-group/Plymouth
plymouth.organisational-group/Plymouth/Faculty of Health
plymouth.organisational-group/Plymouth/Faculty of Health/School of Psychology
plymouth.organisational-group/Plymouth/REF 2021 Researchers by UoA
plymouth.organisational-group/Plymouth/REF 2021 Researchers by UoA/UoA04 Psychology, Psychiatry and Neuroscience
plymouth.organisational-group/Plymouth/REF 2021 Researchers by UoA/UoA04 Psychology, Psychiatry and Neuroscience/UoA04 REF peer reviewers
plymouth.organisational-group/Plymouth/Research Groups
plymouth.organisational-group/Plymouth/Research Groups/Centre for Brain, Cognition and Behaviour (CBCB)
plymouth.organisational-group/Plymouth/Research Groups/Centre for Brain, Cognition and Behaviour (CBCB)/Behaviour
plymouth.organisational-group/Plymouth/Research Groups/Plymouth Institute of Health and Care Research (PIHR)
plymouth.organisational-group/Plymouth/Users by role
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dcterms.dateAccepted2019-07-10
dc.rights.embargodate2019-12-17
dc.identifier.eissn1740-469X
dc.rights.embargoperiodNot known
rioxxterms.versionofrecord10.1177/0308575919884892
rioxxterms.licenseref.urihttp://www.rioxx.net/licenses/all-rights-reserved
rioxxterms.typeJournal Article/Review


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