Isabel M Bernedo
Biographic Data
| ID | 4442177 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Isabel M Bernedo |
| GIVEN NAMES | Isabel M |
| FAMILY NAME | Bernedo |
| SIGNATURE | BERNEDO I M |
| AFFILIATIONS | Universidad de Málaga |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-4354-4617 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 17 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 55 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 17 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2008 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 4 |
Improving the quality of contacts during foster care
Contact visit with the family of origin during foster care is a recognized right in Spain, although these contacts are often not of quality. The current study examines the changes achieved by foster families who have completed the parental education programme Visits: a context for family development to improve the quality of the visits that children in non-kinship foster care have with their birth parents. Qualitative research was conducted using…
Indicators of contact visit quality in non‐kinship foster care
This study explores whether the frequency and diversity of behaviours observed during contact visits may be used as indicators of visit quality. We observed 20 contact visits and quantified the frequency and diversity of behaviours for both parent and child, classified as positive or negative with respect to the child's well‐being. Quality of visits was classified based on a list of parent and child behaviours and two indicators (diversity and fr…
Adoption of an evidence-based practice approach in the child and family care system in Europe
The use of evidence-based programmes in family support across Europe
The importance of using evidence-based programmes to ensure children’s rights and families’ well-being is increasingly recognized in Europe. However, there are few and partial attempts to gain insight into the scope of prevention and promotion programmes currently implemented in child and family services across Europe, often located outside the formal peer-reviewed channels. The objectives of this study are empirically examining the diversity of …
Impact of visits on fostered children’s and families’ well-being
A qualitative study about changes that parents experience through a pilot parenting support program to improve the quality of contact visits in non-kinship foster care
Despite the important impact that contact with birth parents during non-kinship foster care can have on a child's well-being, there are few psychoeducational programs aimed at improving the quality of visits. The purpose of this study was to analyze the perceptions of changes in birth parents who have completed the first program of this kind to be developed in NAME OF COUNTRY BLINDED FOR REVIEW, here in its pilot application. The aim of the progr…
Acompañamiento socioeducativo y resiliencia en jóvenes migrantes extutelados
La falta de oportunidades que encuentran los jóvenes migrantes que viajan a España sin sus familias, choca con los sueños que les impulsan a arriesgar sus vidas cruzando desde África hacia Europa. Uno de los grandes retos que tiene hoy la acción socioeducativa que se desarrolla con este colectivo es promover sistemas de apoyo e inclusión que no los dejen en los márgenes de la sociedad. Este artículo se desprende de un proyecto europeo con jóvenes…
Behavioral Observation and Analysis of Participants in Foster Care Visits
Objective To identify situations and behaviors occurring during contact visits that are likely to have an impact on a foster child's well‐being. Background It has been argued that contact visits between foster children and birth parents can help to maintain attachment bonds and support the child's development. However, contact continues to be a subject of controversy, and evidence of both benefits and drawbacks has been reported in the literature…
Perceived stress, resources and adaptation in relation to the Covid‐19 lockdown in Spanish foster and non‐foster families
The lockdown imposed as a result of the COVID‐19 pandemic has placed unprecedented stress on families. The family is a key system in relation to child development, and when birth families are unable to meet their child's needs, foster carers become an important source of support in their development. The Double ABC‐X Model of family stress and adaptation considers that a family's capacity to cope with stressful situations is influenced by pile‐up…
What do foster families and social workers think about children’s contact with birth parents? A focus group analysis
This study analyzes the opinions of foster families and social workers regarding the benefits and problems associated with contact visits. Data were gathered through two focus groups, comprising social workers and foster carers, respectively. Both groups agreed that visits were useful for maintaining foster children’s attachment to their birth family, for enhancing their psychological wellbeing and for helping them to understand the real situatio…
Placement stability in non-kinship foster care
In Spain research has been conducted into the outcomes of foster care, although there is a need for further analysis, especially as regards the variables associated with placement disruption. In 2008 (T1) was collated information on all foster placements that were registered in three Spanish provinces. In 2014 (T2), data were gathered by reviewing the children's case notes and through interviews with the social worker responsible for each case. T…
Levels of burden and satisfaction among Spanish foster carers
The aim of this study was to analyse the levels of burden and satisfaction among foster families in Spain, as well as the relationships between these variables and characteristics of the foster children and their carers. Participants were 86 foster families (comprising 71 foster fathers and 86 foster mothers) and the 104 children who they were fostering (56 boys and 48 girls). The instruments used were the Zarit Burden Interview and a questionnai…
Contact visits between foster children and their birth family
It has been argued that contact visits between foster children and birth parents can help maintain attachment bonds and support the child's development. However, some research suggests that such visits can be detrimental. This study analyses the characteristics of contact visits and examines children's perceptions of the emotional relationship they have with foster carers and their biological parents. Participants were 104 non‐kinship foster chil…
Predictors of behavioural problems in foster children
Although several variables have been reported to be associated with behavioural problems in foster children, few studies have sought to establish more precisely the extent to which these variables may explain problematic behaviour. The main aim of this study is to determine the extent to which certain variables may predict behavioural problems shown by foster children. Participants included 104 foster children and their respective foster families…
Foster children's behavior problems and impulsivity in the family and school context
Teacher assessment of behavior problems in foster care children
Adolescents in Foster Care with Their Grandparents
The aim of this research was to analyse the relationships between foster grandparents and their adolescent grandchildren. The sample consisted of 54 grandparents from Malaga (Spain), with a mean age of 65.9 for grandfathers and 63.6 for grandmothers, who foster 70 adolescents, 31 boys and 39 girls, with ages ranging between 11 and 17. The majority of the grandfathers were retired, while the grandmothers worked at home. The grandparents presented …
Contact visits between foster children and their birth family
It has been argued that contact visits between foster children and birth parents can help maintain attachment bonds and support the child's development. However, some research suggests that such visits can be detrimental. This study analyses the characteristics of contact visits and examines children's perceptions of the emotional relationship they have with foster carers and their biological parents. Participants were 104 non‐kinship foster chil…
What do foster families and social workers think about children’s contact with birth parents? A focus group analysis
This study analyzes the opinions of foster families and social workers regarding the benefits and problems associated with contact visits. Data were gathered through two focus groups, comprising social workers and foster carers, respectively. Both groups agreed that visits were useful for maintaining foster children’s attachment to their birth family, for enhancing their psychological wellbeing and for helping them to understand the real situatio…
Foster children's behavior problems and impulsivity in the family and school context
Teacher assessment of behavior problems in foster care children
Perceived stress, resources and adaptation in relation to the Covid‐19 lockdown in Spanish foster and non‐foster families
The lockdown imposed as a result of the COVID‐19 pandemic has placed unprecedented stress on families. The family is a key system in relation to child development, and when birth families are unable to meet their child's needs, foster carers become an important source of support in their development. The Double ABC‐X Model of family stress and adaptation considers that a family's capacity to cope with stressful situations is influenced by pile‐up…
Adolescents in Foster Care with Their Grandparents
The aim of this research was to analyse the relationships between foster grandparents and their adolescent grandchildren. The sample consisted of 54 grandparents from Malaga (Spain), with a mean age of 65.9 for grandfathers and 63.6 for grandmothers, who foster 70 adolescents, 31 boys and 39 girls, with ages ranging between 11 and 17. The majority of the grandfathers were retired, while the grandmothers worked at home. The grandparents presented …
Impact of visits on fostered children’s and families’ well-being
Levels of burden and satisfaction among Spanish foster carers
The aim of this study was to analyse the levels of burden and satisfaction among foster families in Spain, as well as the relationships between these variables and characteristics of the foster children and their carers. Participants were 86 foster families (comprising 71 foster fathers and 86 foster mothers) and the 104 children who they were fostering (56 boys and 48 girls). The instruments used were the Zarit Burden Interview and a questionnai…
Predictors of behavioural problems in foster children
Although several variables have been reported to be associated with behavioural problems in foster children, few studies have sought to establish more precisely the extent to which these variables may explain problematic behaviour. The main aim of this study is to determine the extent to which certain variables may predict behavioural problems shown by foster children. Participants included 104 foster children and their respective foster families…
A qualitative study about changes that parents experience through a pilot parenting support program to improve the quality of contact visits in non-kinship foster care
Despite the important impact that contact with birth parents during non-kinship foster care can have on a child's well-being, there are few psychoeducational programs aimed at improving the quality of visits. The purpose of this study was to analyze the perceptions of changes in birth parents who have completed the first program of this kind to be developed in NAME OF COUNTRY BLINDED FOR REVIEW, here in its pilot application. The aim of the progr…
Placement stability in non-kinship foster care
In Spain research has been conducted into the outcomes of foster care, although there is a need for further analysis, especially as regards the variables associated with placement disruption. In 2008 (T1) was collated information on all foster placements that were registered in three Spanish provinces. In 2014 (T2), data were gathered by reviewing the children's case notes and through interviews with the social worker responsible for each case. T…
Adolescents in Foster Care with Their Grandparents
The aim of this research was to analyse the relationships between foster grandparents and their adolescent grandchildren. The sample consisted of 54 grandparents from Malaga (Spain), with a mean age of 65.9 for grandfathers and 63.6 for grandmothers, who foster 70 adolescents, 31 boys and 39 girls, with ages ranging between 11 and 17. The majority of the grandfathers were retired, while the grandmothers worked at home. The grandparents presented …
Teacher assessment of behavior problems in foster care children
Levels of burden and satisfaction among Spanish foster carers
The aim of this study was to analyse the levels of burden and satisfaction among foster families in Spain, as well as the relationships between these variables and characteristics of the foster children and their carers. Participants were 86 foster families (comprising 71 foster fathers and 86 foster mothers) and the 104 children who they were fostering (56 boys and 48 girls). The instruments used were the Zarit Burden Interview and a questionnai…
Contact visits between foster children and their birth family
It has been argued that contact visits between foster children and birth parents can help maintain attachment bonds and support the child's development. However, some research suggests that such visits can be detrimental. This study analyses the characteristics of contact visits and examines children's perceptions of the emotional relationship they have with foster carers and their biological parents. Participants were 104 non‐kinship foster chil…
Predictors of behavioural problems in foster children
Although several variables have been reported to be associated with behavioural problems in foster children, few studies have sought to establish more precisely the extent to which these variables may explain problematic behaviour. The main aim of this study is to determine the extent to which certain variables may predict behavioural problems shown by foster children. Participants included 104 foster children and their respective foster families…
Foster children's behavior problems and impulsivity in the family and school context
Placement stability in non-kinship foster care
In Spain research has been conducted into the outcomes of foster care, although there is a need for further analysis, especially as regards the variables associated with placement disruption. In 2008 (T1) was collated information on all foster placements that were registered in three Spanish provinces. In 2014 (T2), data were gathered by reviewing the children's case notes and through interviews with the social worker responsible for each case. T…
What do foster families and social workers think about children’s contact with birth parents? A focus group analysis
This study analyzes the opinions of foster families and social workers regarding the benefits and problems associated with contact visits. Data were gathered through two focus groups, comprising social workers and foster carers, respectively. Both groups agreed that visits were useful for maintaining foster children’s attachment to their birth family, for enhancing their psychological wellbeing and for helping them to understand the real situatio…
Behavioral Observation and Analysis of Participants in Foster Care Visits
Objective To identify situations and behaviors occurring during contact visits that are likely to have an impact on a foster child's well‐being. Background It has been argued that contact visits between foster children and birth parents can help to maintain attachment bonds and support the child's development. However, contact continues to be a subject of controversy, and evidence of both benefits and drawbacks has been reported in the literature…
Perceived stress, resources and adaptation in relation to the Covid‐19 lockdown in Spanish foster and non‐foster families
The lockdown imposed as a result of the COVID‐19 pandemic has placed unprecedented stress on families. The family is a key system in relation to child development, and when birth families are unable to meet their child's needs, foster carers become an important source of support in their development. The Double ABC‐X Model of family stress and adaptation considers that a family's capacity to cope with stressful situations is influenced by pile‐up…
Acompañamiento socioeducativo y resiliencia en jóvenes migrantes extutelados
La falta de oportunidades que encuentran los jóvenes migrantes que viajan a España sin sus familias, choca con los sueños que les impulsan a arriesgar sus vidas cruzando desde África hacia Europa. Uno de los grandes retos que tiene hoy la acción socioeducativa que se desarrolla con este colectivo es promover sistemas de apoyo e inclusión que no los dejen en los márgenes de la sociedad. Este artículo se desprende de un proyecto europeo con jóvenes…
A qualitative study about changes that parents experience through a pilot parenting support program to improve the quality of contact visits in non-kinship foster care
Despite the important impact that contact with birth parents during non-kinship foster care can have on a child's well-being, there are few psychoeducational programs aimed at improving the quality of visits. The purpose of this study was to analyze the perceptions of changes in birth parents who have completed the first program of this kind to be developed in NAME OF COUNTRY BLINDED FOR REVIEW, here in its pilot application. The aim of the progr…
Indicators of contact visit quality in non‐kinship foster care
This study explores whether the frequency and diversity of behaviours observed during contact visits may be used as indicators of visit quality. We observed 20 contact visits and quantified the frequency and diversity of behaviours for both parent and child, classified as positive or negative with respect to the child's well‐being. Quality of visits was classified based on a list of parent and child behaviours and two indicators (diversity and fr…
Adoption of an evidence-based practice approach in the child and family care system in Europe
The use of evidence-based programmes in family support across Europe
The importance of using evidence-based programmes to ensure children’s rights and families’ well-being is increasingly recognized in Europe. However, there are few and partial attempts to gain insight into the scope of prevention and promotion programmes currently implemented in child and family services across Europe, often located outside the formal peer-reviewed channels. The objectives of this study are empirically examining the diversity of …
Impact of visits on fostered children’s and families’ well-being
Improving the quality of contacts during foster care
Contact visit with the family of origin during foster care is a recognized right in Spain, although these contacts are often not of quality. The current study examines the changes achieved by foster families who have completed the parental education programme Visits: a context for family development to improve the quality of the visits that children in non-kinship foster care have with their birth parents. Qualitative research was conducted using…
Psychology (16 works) · Child Welfare and Adoption (13 works) · Medicine (13 works) · Developmental psychology (11 works) · Foster care (11 works) · Nursing (10 works) · Foster parents (8 works) · Child Abuse and Trauma (7 works) · Family and Disability Support Research (6 works) · Intergenerational Family Dynamics and Caregiving (6 works)