The study aimed at investigating the role of confidence in attachment relationships and marital status as protective factors for incarcerated fathers’ self-perceived parental role and in-person contacts with their children. Participants included 150 inmate fathers and 145 non-incarcerated control fathers who provided background socio-demographic information, and completed two self-reports, the Attachment Style Questionnaire and the Self-Perception of Parental Role. A two-phased cluster analytic plan allowed us to highlight two profiles of self-perceived parental roles, withincarceration and low confidence in attachment relationships increasing the risk for the less optimal of the two profiles. Higherconfidence in attachment relationships and having a stable romantic relationship increased the likelihood of incarcerated fathers engaging in frequent contacts with their children, while the profile of self-perceived parental role had no effect. Implications for practice are discussed and suggestions for further research are provided.

Confidence in attachment relationships and marital status as protective factors forself-perceived parental role and in-person visitation with children among incarcerated fathers / Giovanni Laquale, Michele; Coppola, Gabrielle; Cassibba, Rosalinda; Pasceri, Maria; Pietralunga, Susanna; Taurino, Alessandro; Semeraro, Cristina; Grattagliano, Ignazio. - In: JOURNAL OF FORENSIC SCIENCES. - ISSN 0022-1198. - 63:6(2018), pp. 1761-1768. [10.1111/1556-4029.13793]

Confidence in attachment relationships and marital status as protective factors forself-perceived parental role and in-person visitation with children among incarcerated fathers

Susanna Pietralunga
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2018

Abstract

The study aimed at investigating the role of confidence in attachment relationships and marital status as protective factors for incarcerated fathers’ self-perceived parental role and in-person contacts with their children. Participants included 150 inmate fathers and 145 non-incarcerated control fathers who provided background socio-demographic information, and completed two self-reports, the Attachment Style Questionnaire and the Self-Perception of Parental Role. A two-phased cluster analytic plan allowed us to highlight two profiles of self-perceived parental roles, withincarceration and low confidence in attachment relationships increasing the risk for the less optimal of the two profiles. Higherconfidence in attachment relationships and having a stable romantic relationship increased the likelihood of incarcerated fathers engaging in frequent contacts with their children, while the profile of self-perceived parental role had no effect. Implications for practice are discussed and suggestions for further research are provided.
2018
63
6
1761
1768
Confidence in attachment relationships and marital status as protective factors forself-perceived parental role and in-person visitation with children among incarcerated fathers / Giovanni Laquale, Michele; Coppola, Gabrielle; Cassibba, Rosalinda; Pasceri, Maria; Pietralunga, Susanna; Taurino, Alessandro; Semeraro, Cristina; Grattagliano, Ignazio. - In: JOURNAL OF FORENSIC SCIENCES. - ISSN 0022-1198. - 63:6(2018), pp. 1761-1768. [10.1111/1556-4029.13793]
Giovanni Laquale, Michele; Coppola, Gabrielle; Cassibba, Rosalinda; Pasceri, Maria; Pietralunga, Susanna; Taurino, Alessandro; Semeraro, Cristina; Gra...espandi
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