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Disabled children, parent–child interaction and attachment

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ID12570331
AuthorsDavid C Howe (0000-0002-2929-348X, University of East Anglia, corresponding author), David Howe (0000-0002-2719-383X)
Year2006
Volume11
Issue2
Pages95-106
Publication date2006-03-28
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueChild & Family Social Work (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1356-7500 • E-ISSN: 1365-2206
PublisherWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1111/j.1365-2206.2006.00397.x
OpenAlexW2163127094
LanguageEN
Citations received15
References cited56

Although caregiver factors are generally considered the more potent in determining children's attachment organization, a number of child factors have also been considered. Among these have been temperament and disabilities. The present paper examines the effect of various types of children's disability on parent–child interactions, including how disabilities affect parental sensitivity and communications. A brief outline of attachment theory and patterns of organization is followed by a review of the research evidence that has looked at children with disabilities and insecure attachments. A complex picture emerges in which it is not a child's disability per se that is associated with insecure attachments but rather an interaction between children with disabilities and the caregiver's state of mind with respect to attachment. Transactions between both child and caregiver vulnerability factors affect sensitivity, communications and security of attachment. Practice implications for prevention, advice and support are considered

Affect (linguistics · Attachment theory · Computer security · Developmental psychology · Insecure attachment · Personality · Temperament · Vulnerability (computing · Attachment and Relationship Dynamics · Child Welfare and Adoption · Communication · Family and Disability Support Research · Psychology · Social Psychology

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