Cautare
 
 
Meniu rapid
 
Noutati
Echipa redacţională urează un călduros Bun venit doamnei profesor Lena Dominelli si domnului profesor Malcolm Payne, două personalităţi recunoscute la nivel internaţional în domeniul asistenţei sociale, care au acceptat ca începând cu nr. 1/2010 să facă parte din Advisory Board al Revistei de Asistenţă Socială.
detalii
Indexare
Revista este indexata in ProQuest,EBSCO, Social Work Abstracts, CEEOL,Index Copernicus,SCIPIO,GESIS,IBSS si ERIH+

Revista este acreditata B+ de catre CNCSIS

Home > Arhiva > 2014 > Numar: 4 > The Resilience of Foster Children: the Influence and the Importance of their Attachment

 The Resilience of Foster Children: the Influence and the Importance of their Attachment

    by:
  • Andreea Bîrneanu (West University of Timişoara, Faculty of Sociology and Psychology, 4 VasilePârvan Blvd, 300223, Timişoara, Romania. E-mail: andreea.birneanu@e-uvt.ro)

Both resilience and attachment requires positive social interactions from one's significant other's. Method: investigation of attachment and resilience in foster care children was made through semi-tructured interview Friends and Family Interview. There were evaluated with this instrument a sample of 92 children in foster care, 48 boys and 44 girls aged 6 to 18 years. Results: of the present research demonstrates that many of these children and youth reflects history of insecure attachment patterns in relationship with foster parents. Conclusions: Foster parents can improve the self-esteem of children in their care, which is lower than of their non-fostered peers.



Keywords: foster care, attachment, self-esteem, resilience