Thesis
The association between the quality of attachment relationships and trauma-related dissociation among youth with foster care experience
Washington State University
Master of Science (MS), Washington State University
05/2024
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.7273/000006974
Abstract
Traumatic events that occur within the context of close interpersonal relationships appear to play a key role in the development of trauma-related dissociative symptoms. This study examined the relationship between youth self-reported quality of attachment relationships with both their biological parents and resource parents and symptoms of posttraumatic stress and dissociation. The sample included 317 youth, ages 9 to 11 (48.9% female) who were living in a foster home, kinship care, or a residential treatment center at the time of the study. The use of two multiple linear regression models revealed statistically significant associations between both measures of attachment (biological parents and foster caregivers) and (a) symptoms of dissociation and (b) posttraumatic stress. To explore moderating effects, analyses were conducted using Hayes’s PROCESS, which revealed that the relationship between youth attachment to their biological parent(s) and dissociation was not further conditional on youth attachment to their current
resource caregiver(s). Limitations and implications for practice, policy, and future research are discussed.
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- Title
- The association between the quality of attachment relationships and trauma-related dissociation among youth with foster care experience
- Creators
- Jenna Nicole Thompson
- Contributors
- Amy M. Salazar (Chair)Sara F. Waters (Committee Member)Chad M. Gotch (Committee Member)
- Awarding Institution
- Washington State University
- Academic Unit
- Department of Human Development
- Theses and Dissertations
- Master of Science (MS), Washington State University
- Publisher
- Washington State University
- Number of pages
- 59
- Identifiers
- 99901125941301842
- Language
- English
- Resource Type
- Thesis