Reassessing Attachment Theory in Child Welfare

Sue White; Matthew Gibson; David Wastell; Patricia Walsh

doi:10.46692/9781447336938

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Sue White, University of Birmingham, Matthew Gibson, University of Nottingham, David Wastell, Trinity College, Patricia Walsh, Aston University

Publisher:: Bristol University Press
Online publication date:: February 2021
Print publication year:: 2019
Online ISBN:: 9781447336938
DOI:: https://doi.org/10.46692/9781447336938

Subjects:: Sociology: General Interest, Sociology

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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.

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Frontmatter
pp i-ii

Contents
pp iii-iii

List of Figures, Table and box
pp iv-iv

About the Authors
pp v-v

Acknowledgements
pp vi-vi

Preface: Becoming Attached to Attachment Theory
pp vii-xii

1 - Love is a Wondrous State: Origins and Early Debates
pp 1-22

2 - Social work and the Attachment Story: a Felicitous Bond?
pp 23-44

3 - Shaping Practice: Prescribing Assessment
pp 45-62

4 - Practising Attachment Theory in Child Welfare
pp 63-82

5 - Exhibiting Disorganised Attachment: not even Wrong?
pp 83-106

6 - Breaking the back of love: Attachment Goes Neuro-Molecular
pp 107-122

Coda: love Reawakened?
pp 123-134

References
pp 135-156

Index
pp 157-163

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