The current study explored how children's post-adoption attachment related behaviors might be improved through a therapeutic day camp. Children who have been adopted, domestically or internationally, often times have developmental difficulties due to abuse, neglect, and/or trauma. Frequently, these children experience difficulty with attachment related behaviors. In the current study, these behaviors were assessed in a variety of methods including observing and rating the parent-child relationship (Marschack Interaction Method-Rating Scale; MIM-RS), child report measures (Family Drawings), and parent report measures (Beech Brook Attachment Disorder Checklist - Revised; BBADC-R). The authors compared these measures before and after 5-week and 2-week therapeutic day camps (The Hope Connection Camp<super>©</super>). During the camp, Trust-Based Relational Intervention<super>®</super> (TBRI<super>®</super>) was implemented. Post-intervention scores on the BBADC-R indicated a significant change on the Machiavellianism subscale. In addition, movement in the desired direction on the MIM-RS and Family Drawings, suggest improved parent-child relationships in general.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:TCU/oai:etd.tcu.edu:etd-05032011-141238 |
| Date | 03 May 2011 |
| Creators | Call, Casey Diane |
| Contributors | David R Cross, Karyn B Purvis |
| Publisher | Texas Christian University |
| Source Sets | Texas Christian University |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | text |
| Format | application/pdf, application/octet-stream |
| Source | http://etd.tcu.edu/etdfiles/available/etd-05032011-141238/ |
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