attachment problems insecure attachment
Conditions
Interventions
None listed
Sponsors
Universiteit Leiden
Eligibility
Age
2 Years to 11 Years
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: The current study is a follow-up study. The participants were recruited during the first wave of the study (Van den Dries et al., 2010, 2012). The following inclusion criteria were used to recruit the participants: - Chinese girls - who arrived in the Netherlands when they were betwee 11 and16 months old - and who were adopted by a two parent family. Our aim is to include each of the 92 families, who participated in the first and second wave of the study in the third wave of the study.
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: The exclusion criterium of the first wave of the longitudinal study (Van den Dries et al., 2010, 2012) concerned hospitalization. -Children who were hospitalized in the first six months after their arrival in the Netherlands were excluded from the study.
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| The main study parameter is attachment security. We are interested in the development of attachment in children adopted from orphanages and foster homes in China. We aim to study which mechanisms play an explaining role in the (in)stability of (in)secure attachment. The impact of parental sensitivity on the reversibility of insecure attachment and on the development of a secure attachment representation will be assessed. Furthermore, it is examined whether attachment related information processing biases (attentional bias and interpretation bias) are important to understand stability of and change in attachment and to understand the association between insecure attachment and (a cognitive vulnerability for) emotional problems. | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| We focus on the children*s development during the first 10 years after their adoption (assessments 2 and 6 months after adoption and 9 years after adoption). We will examine whether children adopted from orphanages show different developmental trajectories compared to children from foster homes. We are interested in the social-emotional, mental and motor development. Furthermore, we will examine the children*s biophysiological functioning (cortisol, alpha-amylase and sIgA). Finally, brain activity (resting state frontal asymmetry and mu) will be recorded using EEG to assess the influence of preadoption experiences and to investigate whether frontal asymmetry has an influence on the performance on the Attentional Breadth Task (ABT; Bosmans, Braet, Koster, & De Raedt, 2009). | — |
Countries
Netherlands
Outcome results
None listed