Navigating their child's attachment-related difficulties: Parents' journey from shame into awareness.

ABSTRACT: Attachment-related difficulties frequently present in child and adolescent clinical services. Yet how parents engage with being informed of their child's attachment-related difficulties is little understood. In this qualitative study, ten parents with a birth child with attachment-related difficulties, as informed by a relevant service, and six healthcare professionals, were interviewed. The aim was to explore both perspectives on how parents experienced and engaged with this process, of their understanding of the child's difficulties and the supports they engaged with. Using grounded theory, the parental journey from shame to awareness is described, based around four main themes: failing as a parent, the process of making sense, a call to action, and awareness of a

SUBMITTER: Crompton C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10540477 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature