White / Gibson / Wastell Reassessing Attachment Theory in Child Welfare

A critical appraisal
1. Auflage 2019
ISBN: 978-1-4473-3694-5
Verlag: Policy Press
Format: EPUB
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 152 Seiten

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.

Autoren/Hrsg.

White, Sue

Gibson, Matthew

Wastell, David

Walsh, Patricia

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Spezielle Soziologie Familiensoziologie
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Altersgruppen Kinder- und Jugendsoziologie
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziale Arbeit/Sozialpädagogik Soziale Arbeit/Sozialpädagogik: Familie, Kinder, Jugendliche

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Preface: becoming attached to attachment theory

Love is a wondrous state: origins and early debates

Social work and the attachment story: a felicitous bond?

Shaping practice: prescribing assessment

Practising attachment theory in child welfare

Exhibiting disorganised attachment: not even wrong?

Breaking the back of love: attachment goes neuro-molecular

Coda: love reawakened?

Über Autor(innen)

Gibson, Matthew
Matthew Gibson is a Lecturer in the Department of Social Policy and Social Work at the University of Birmingham.

Wastell, David
David Wastell began his career as a cognitive neuroscientist at Durham University before moving to the Medical School at Manchester, where his interests in technology led him to specialize in Information Systems. He is now Emeritus Professor of Information Systems at Nottingham University.

White, Sue
Sue White is a Professor of Social Work at the University of Sheffield.

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.