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The Experience of Foster Care and Long Term Attachment Outcomes into Adulthood

Miranda, Megan L
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=akron1428366310

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2015, Doctor of Philosophy, University of Akron, Marriage and Family Counseling/Therapy.
The dissertation is about foster care alumni (adults who had been in foster care at a point during their developmental years) and the long-term implication it has on their adult attachment style. It also explores how these foster care alumni interpreted their foster care experience. For this qualitative study, six foster care alumni were interviewed. Nine themes emerged: trauma, stolen childhood, relationship style, trust issues, anxieties, current parenting concerns, broken system, coping strategies and implications for counseling. The results of this study indicate that there are some attachment implications for foster care alumni and that the experience of being in foster care was generally experienced as negative.
Karin Jordan, Dr. (Advisor)
Ingrid Weigold, Dr. (Committee Member)
Cynthia Reynolds, Dr. (Committee Member)
Rebecca Boyle, Dr. (Committee Member)
Rikki Patton, Dr. (Committee Member)
149 p.
Behavioral Psychology; Behavioral Sciences; Counseling Psychology; Individual and Family Studies; Social Research; Social Work
foster care; foster care alumni; attachment styles; attachment; outcomes; insecure attachment outcomes; childrens services policy; reunification; marriage and family therapy; trauma outcomes; qualitative analysis; narrative analysis

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  • Miranda, M. L. (2015). The Experience of Foster Care and Long Term Attachment Outcomes into Adulthood [Doctoral dissertation, University of Akron]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=akron1428366310

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Miranda, Megan. The Experience of Foster Care and Long Term Attachment Outcomes into Adulthood . 2015. University of Akron, Doctoral dissertation. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=akron1428366310.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Miranda, Megan. "The Experience of Foster Care and Long Term Attachment Outcomes into Adulthood ." Doctoral dissertation, University of Akron, 2015. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=akron1428366310

    Chicago Manual of Style (17th edition)

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