S. Fishburn
Mind-Mindedness in Parents of Looked After Children
Fishburn, S.; Meins, E.; Greenhow, S.; Jones, C.; Hackett, S.; Biehal, N.; Baldwin, H.; Cusworth, L.; Wade, J.
Authors
E. Meins
S. Greenhow
C. Jones
Professor Simon Hackett simon.hackett@durham.ac.uk
Professor
N. Biehal
H. Baldwin
L. Cusworth
J. Wade
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 in which the relationship has not spanned the child’s life or in which 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. The results of Study 2 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 had 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 2 groups of biological parents. In all 3 studies, nonbiological carers’ tendency to describe their children with reference to preadoption or placement experiences was negatively related to mind-mindedness. These findings are in line with mind-mindedness being a relational construct.
Citation
Fishburn, S., Meins, E., Greenhow, S., Jones, C., Hackett, S., Biehal, N., …Wade, J. (2017). Mind-Mindedness in Parents of Looked After Children. Developmental Psychology, 53(10), 1954-1965. https://doi.org/10.1037/dev0000304
Journal Article Type | Article |
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Acceptance Date | Mar 30, 2017 |
Online Publication Date | Jul 31, 2017 |
Publication Date | Oct 1, 2017 |
Deposit Date | Feb 20, 2017 |
Publicly Available Date | May 3, 2017 |
Journal | Developmental Psychology |
Print ISSN | 0012-1649 |
Electronic ISSN | 1939-0599 |
Publisher | American Psychological Association |
Peer Reviewed | Peer Reviewed |
Volume | 53 |
Issue | 10 |
Pages | 1954-1965 |
DOI | https://doi.org/10.1037/dev0000304 |
Public URL | https://durham-repository.worktribe.com/output/1385696 |
Related Public URLs | http://researchonline.ljmu.ac.uk/5704/ |
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