Burning their bridges: disordered attachment and foster care discharge.
An ethnographic study of boys in residential treatment reports on a small subsample of older adolescents diagnosed with conduct disorder. Attachment theory and research inform the basis for analysis of the study's observations. Findings indicate that conduct-disordered out-of-home care drifters display exceptionally clear patterns of alienation in relation to transitions from placement to placement. Implications of the findings for care and discharge planning are discussed.
Penzerro
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Worden School of Social Service, Our Lady of the Lake University, San Antonio, TX.
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D000203:Activities of Daily Living / Q000523:psychology; D000293:Adolescent; D000374:Aggression / Q000523:psychology; D000987:Antisocial Personality Disorder / Q000523:psychology / Q000534:rehabilitation; D005581:Foster Home Care / Q000523:psychology*; D006703:Ill-Housed Persons / Q000523:psychology; D006801:Humans; D007604:Juvenile Delinquency / Q000523:psychology / Q000534:rehabilitation*; D008297:Male; D009769:Object Attachment; D010351:Patient Discharge; D010553:Personality Development; D012050:Rehabilitation, Vocational / Q000523:psychology; D012114:Residential Treatment; D012419:Runaway Behavior; D012649:Self Concept; D012918:Social Alienation