Adoption disruption is estimated to occur in approximately twenty percent of adoptions. The aim of this work is to produce a literature review that uses attachment theory to examine how the dynamics of the adoption triangle (i.e. the adopted child, the birth parents and the adoptive parents) can be linked to adoption disruption.
Methods: The terms “adoption AND breakdown” and “adoption AND disruption” were used to search a number of research databases and yielded over a hundred publications. These were filtered using relevant inclusion and exclusion criteria to produce a core set of twenty one papers (English Language publications between 2000 and 2013). The articles were critically analysed by establishing their aims, key findings, strengths and weaknesses. The data was tabulated and subjected to thematic analysis.
Understanding adoption breakdown: using attachment theory to examine how the dynamics of the adoption triangle can be linked to adoption disruption - Parade@Portsmouth
Key journals about Attachment
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Attachment Theory in Adult Mental Health: A Guide to Clinical Practice - Google Books
This chapter by Susie Orbach argues that understanding the gendered aspects of attachment is of value.
Many current mental health issues, from violence against self, aggression towards others,
body dysmorphias, eating problems and sexuality concerns to insecurity in relationships ...
Many current mental health issues, from violence against self, aggression towards others,
body dysmorphias, eating problems and sexuality concerns to insecurity in relationships ...
Attachment Theory in Adult Mental Health: A Guide to Clinical Practice - Google Books
Attachment Theory in Adult Mental Health: A Guide to Clinical Practice - Google Books
Bowlby (1977) contended that internal working models of attachment help explain 'the many
forms of emotional distress and personality disturbances, including anxiety, anger,
depression, and emotional detachment, to which unwilling separations and loss give rise'( ...
forms of emotional distress and personality disturbances, including anxiety, anger,
depression, and emotional detachment, to which unwilling separations and loss give rise'( ...
Attachment Theory in Adult Mental Health: A Guide to Clinical Practice - Google Books
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