Integrating Attachment Theory into Probation Practice
A Qualitative Study
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 10896966 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Maria Ansbro (0000-0002-2411-9124, Bucks New University, High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire, UK, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2018 |
| Volume | 48 |
| Issue | 8 |
| Pages | 2235-2252 |
| Publication date | 2018-12-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | The British Journal of Social Work (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0045-3102 • E-ISSN: 1468-263X |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1093/bjsw/bcx161 |
| OpenAlex | W2790245660 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
| References cited | 48 |
This research examined how a sample of English probation officers (POs) applied attachment theory as they supervised service users. Using an action research methodology over six months, the research identified aspects that were readily utilised (the idea that POs can sometimes represent a secure base figure and that attachment histories were significant). However, others offered little utility (the concept of mentalisation as a facility rooted in early attachment and the classification of attachment style). The reasons for this are explored and the process by which specialist research knowledge is applied by non-specialist practitioners is considered
Action (physics) · Action research · Art · Attachment theory · Pedagogy · Process (computing) · Qualitative research · Sample (material) · Service (business) · Social science · Sociology · Style (visual arts) · Attachment and Relationship Dynamics · Child Abuse and Trauma · Computer Science · Family Dynamics and Relationships · Psychology · Social Psychology
Attachment and loss
Child Abuse and Neglect
The Internal Working Models Concept
The generalizability of the psychoanalytic concept of the working alliance.
Empathy and offending
The Significance of Insecure and Disorganized Attachment for Children’s Internalizing Symptoms
Adult Romantic Attachment
Reflective functioning
Handbook of Mentalization-Based Treatment
Action Research
Conceptualizing the role of early experience
A secure base? The adolescent–staff relationship in secure residential youth care
Looking under the bonnet
The Attachment Style Interview (ASI)
Moving Away from Social Work and Half Way Back Again
Revisiting the Knowledge Base of Social Work
Reflections on Working with Vulnerable Women
Are infant attachment patterns continuously or categorically distributed? A taxometric analysis of strange situation behavior
An item response theory analysis of self-report measures of adult attachment
Attachment styles among young adults
Romantic love conceptualized as an attachment process
| Citations per year | 0.29 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2019 - 2025 (7) |
| Highly cited | No |