Reassessing Attachment Theory in Child Welfare

AvSue White,Matthew Gibson

Häftad, Engelska, 2019

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Beskrivning

This book offers an analysis and summary of the uses, abuses and limitations of attachment theory in contemporary child welfare practice.Analysing the primary science and drawing on the authors’ original empirical work, the book shows how attachment theory can distort and influence decision-making. It argues that the dominant view of attachment theory may promote a problematic diagnostic mindset, whilst undervaluing the enduring relationships between children and adults. The book concludes that attachment theory can still play an important role in child welfare practice, but the balance of the research agenda needs a radical shift towards a sophisticated understanding of the realities of human experience to inform ethical practice.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2019-12-04
Mått:156 x 234 x 10 mm
Vikt:286 g
Format:Häftad
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:152
Förlag:Bristol University Press
ISBN:9781447336921

Utforska kategorier

Socialt arbete och välfärd inom Samhälle och politik

Mer om författaren

Sue White is Professor of Social Work at the University of Sheffield. Matthew Gibson is a Senior Lecturer in the Department of Social Work and Social Care at the University of Birmingham. David Wastell is Emeritus Professor of Information Systems at Nottingham University Business School. Patricia Walsh recently retired from the School of Social Work and Social Policy at Trinity College Dublin after 25 years as a social work academic.

Recensioner i media

"Reassessing Attachment Theory in Child Welfare is an incredibly valuable intervention into debates about the use of attachment theory and research by practitioners. The authors highlight major discrepancies between the accounts of attachment of researches and of practitioners and offer some timely cautions. They also present an insightful account of why attachment theory - or, at least, a cut-down version of it - has had such appeal for child welfare practice. A terrific contribution to the literature." Matthew Gibson, University of Birmingham

Innehållsförteckning

Preface: becoming attached to attachment theoryLove is a wondrous state: origins and early debatesSocial work and the attachment story: a felicitous bond?Shaping practice: prescribing assessmentPractising attachment theory in child welfareExhibiting disorganised attachment: not even wrong?Breaking the back of love: attachment goes neuro-molecularCoda: love reawakened?