Esperanza León
Biographic Data
| ID | 5821958 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Esperanza León |
| GIVEN NAMES | Esperanza |
| FAMILY NAME | León |
| SIGNATURE | LEÓN E |
| AFFILIATIONS | Universidad de Sevilla |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-6972-6681 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 12 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 32 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 12 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2005 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 4 |
Mind-mindedness in non-kin foster care
Building up secure relationships
Differential associations of threat and deprivation with emotion understanding in maltreated children in foster care
Children in foster care are a remarkably heterogeneous group regarding their adaptation, and disrupted emotion understanding is one of the processes that may lead to differential outcomes in them. Previous research has found different effects for abused and for neglected children in emotion recognition. However, very few studies have analysed more complex forms of emotion understanding in maltreated children while considering different adversity …
Attachment‐facilitating interactions in non‐kin foster families
This study aims to analyse the interaction between children in foster care and their main caregivers during a microcoded co‐construction task, focusing on the verbal and non‐verbal behaviours that the adults use to promote a secure attachment in the child. It also examines how children and caregivers' socio‐demographic variables relate to the interaction. The sample is made up of 28 Spanish children between 4 and 9 years old in long‐term non‐kin …
Caregiver ratings of executive functions among foster children in middle childhood
Parental sense of competence among non-kin foster carers from Spain
Parenting adoptive children
Contact between birth parents and children in kinship care in a sample from Spain
Within the context of kinship care, the main objectives of this work are to study the characteristics of contact between foster children and their birth parents, and their relationship with key variables of fostering, the children and their kinship caregivers. The sample included 189 children from Spain and their kinship families. A semi‐structured placement interview and two scales relating to the child–caregiver relationship and child's psychol…
Comunicación sobre el acogimiento y funcionamiento familiar en familias extensas acogedoras
El presente estudio analiza algunos aspectos básicos de la comunicación sobre el acogimiento en una muestra de familias extensas acogedoras y trata de ponerlos en relación con variables del funcionamiento familiar y del ajuste psicológico y conductual de los niños y niñas acogidos. La muestra estuvo compuesta por 189 familias y menores de la provincia de Sevilla. Los resultados ponen de manifiesto las dificultades con las que los acogedores afron…
Family context for emotional recovery in internationally adopted children
English The context for emotional recovery was analysed in 30 Spanish parents adopting from Russia and a comparison group. The adopted children’s attachment disorders improved significantly after adoption. Adoptive parents showed a more sophisticated and optimistic reflective functioning about their children and their parenting experience. French Le contexte du rétablissement affectif a été analysé chez 30 couples de parents espagnols adoptant de…
Behavioral and Socioemotional Adjustment in International Adoptees
Dominated by intracultural comparisons between adopted and nonadopted children, adoption research has until now paid little attention to cross-cultural differences in the adoptees' behavioral and socioemotional adjustment. The present study is aimed at comparing children adopted in two different countries - Italy and Spain - and at verifying, through their parents' perceptions, the extent to which cultural context may contribute to shaping childr…
Intercountry Adoption Disruptions in Spain
Adoption disruptions have been usually studied in special needs domestic adoptions. Much less is known about disruptions in international adoptions. Case records for 20 disruptions of international adoptions in Spain were analyzed in-depth. Factors related to parents' and children's characteristics, as well as professional intervention were found to be present in most cases of disruption. Whereas there seemed to be no single factor that can be co…
Family context for emotional recovery in internationally adopted children
English The context for emotional recovery was analysed in 30 Spanish parents adopting from Russia and a comparison group. The adopted children’s attachment disorders improved significantly after adoption. Adoptive parents showed a more sophisticated and optimistic reflective functioning about their children and their parenting experience. French Le contexte du rétablissement affectif a été analysé chez 30 couples de parents espagnols adoptant de…
Contact between birth parents and children in kinship care in a sample from Spain
Within the context of kinship care, the main objectives of this work are to study the characteristics of contact between foster children and their birth parents, and their relationship with key variables of fostering, the children and their kinship caregivers. The sample included 189 children from Spain and their kinship families. A semi‐structured placement interview and two scales relating to the child–caregiver relationship and child's psychol…
Comunicación sobre el acogimiento y funcionamiento familiar en familias extensas acogedoras
El presente estudio analiza algunos aspectos básicos de la comunicación sobre el acogimiento en una muestra de familias extensas acogedoras y trata de ponerlos en relación con variables del funcionamiento familiar y del ajuste psicológico y conductual de los niños y niñas acogidos. La muestra estuvo compuesta por 189 familias y menores de la provincia de Sevilla. Los resultados ponen de manifiesto las dificultades con las que los acogedores afron…
Intercountry Adoption Disruptions in Spain
Adoption disruptions have been usually studied in special needs domestic adoptions. Much less is known about disruptions in international adoptions. Case records for 20 disruptions of international adoptions in Spain were analyzed in-depth. Factors related to parents' and children's characteristics, as well as professional intervention were found to be present in most cases of disruption. Whereas there seemed to be no single factor that can be co…
Parenting adoptive children
Behavioral and Socioemotional Adjustment in International Adoptees
Dominated by intracultural comparisons between adopted and nonadopted children, adoption research has until now paid little attention to cross-cultural differences in the adoptees' behavioral and socioemotional adjustment. The present study is aimed at comparing children adopted in two different countries - Italy and Spain - and at verifying, through their parents' perceptions, the extent to which cultural context may contribute to shaping childr…
Differential associations of threat and deprivation with emotion understanding in maltreated children in foster care
Children in foster care are a remarkably heterogeneous group regarding their adaptation, and disrupted emotion understanding is one of the processes that may lead to differential outcomes in them. Previous research has found different effects for abused and for neglected children in emotion recognition. However, very few studies have analysed more complex forms of emotion understanding in maltreated children while considering different adversity …
Attachment‐facilitating interactions in non‐kin foster families
This study aims to analyse the interaction between children in foster care and their main caregivers during a microcoded co‐construction task, focusing on the verbal and non‐verbal behaviours that the adults use to promote a secure attachment in the child. It also examines how children and caregivers' socio‐demographic variables relate to the interaction. The sample is made up of 28 Spanish children between 4 and 9 years old in long‐term non‐kin …
Caregiver ratings of executive functions among foster children in middle childhood
Parental sense of competence among non-kin foster carers from Spain
Intercountry Adoption Disruptions in Spain
Adoption disruptions have been usually studied in special needs domestic adoptions. Much less is known about disruptions in international adoptions. Case records for 20 disruptions of international adoptions in Spain were analyzed in-depth. Factors related to parents' and children's characteristics, as well as professional intervention were found to be present in most cases of disruption. Whereas there seemed to be no single factor that can be co…
Behavioral and Socioemotional Adjustment in International Adoptees
Dominated by intracultural comparisons between adopted and nonadopted children, adoption research has until now paid little attention to cross-cultural differences in the adoptees' behavioral and socioemotional adjustment. The present study is aimed at comparing children adopted in two different countries - Italy and Spain - and at verifying, through their parents' perceptions, the extent to which cultural context may contribute to shaping childr…
Family context for emotional recovery in internationally adopted children
English The context for emotional recovery was analysed in 30 Spanish parents adopting from Russia and a comparison group. The adopted children’s attachment disorders improved significantly after adoption. Adoptive parents showed a more sophisticated and optimistic reflective functioning about their children and their parenting experience. French Le contexte du rétablissement affectif a été analysé chez 30 couples de parents espagnols adoptant de…
Comunicación sobre el acogimiento y funcionamiento familiar en familias extensas acogedoras
El presente estudio analiza algunos aspectos básicos de la comunicación sobre el acogimiento en una muestra de familias extensas acogedoras y trata de ponerlos en relación con variables del funcionamiento familiar y del ajuste psicológico y conductual de los niños y niñas acogidos. La muestra estuvo compuesta por 189 familias y menores de la provincia de Sevilla. Los resultados ponen de manifiesto las dificultades con las que los acogedores afron…
Contact between birth parents and children in kinship care in a sample from Spain
Within the context of kinship care, the main objectives of this work are to study the characteristics of contact between foster children and their birth parents, and their relationship with key variables of fostering, the children and their kinship caregivers. The sample included 189 children from Spain and their kinship families. A semi‐structured placement interview and two scales relating to the child–caregiver relationship and child's psychol…
Parental sense of competence among non-kin foster carers from Spain
Parenting adoptive children
Caregiver ratings of executive functions among foster children in middle childhood
Differential associations of threat and deprivation with emotion understanding in maltreated children in foster care
Children in foster care are a remarkably heterogeneous group regarding their adaptation, and disrupted emotion understanding is one of the processes that may lead to differential outcomes in them. Previous research has found different effects for abused and for neglected children in emotion recognition. However, very few studies have analysed more complex forms of emotion understanding in maltreated children while considering different adversity …
Attachment‐facilitating interactions in non‐kin foster families
This study aims to analyse the interaction between children in foster care and their main caregivers during a microcoded co‐construction task, focusing on the verbal and non‐verbal behaviours that the adults use to promote a secure attachment in the child. It also examines how children and caregivers' socio‐demographic variables relate to the interaction. The sample is made up of 28 Spanish children between 4 and 9 years old in long‐term non‐kin …
Building up secure relationships
Mind-mindedness in non-kin foster care
Child Welfare and Adoption (12 works) · Psychology (12 works) · Developmental psychology (10 works) · Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development (8 works) · Family and Disability Support Research (6 works) · Foster care (6 works) · Medicine (6 works) · Child Abuse and Trauma (5 works) · Psychiatry (5 works) · Nursing (4 works)