Mind-mindedness in out-of-home Care for Children: Implications for caregivers and child

Abstract Most out-of-home placed children have experienced early adversities, including maltreatment and neglect. A challenge for caregivers is to adequately interpret their foster child’s internal mental states behavior. We examined caregivers’ mind-mindedness in care, the association among (and its positive, neutral, negative valence), recognition of trauma symptoms, behavior problems. Participants ( N = 138) were parents, family-home residential care workers. Caregivers’ was assessed with describe-your-child measure. emotional conduct problems, prosocial behavior, quality caregiver-child relationship using reports. Foster parents produced more mental-state descriptors than did General mind-mindedness, as well neutral positive related negatively Besides, associated a better fewer child Negative positively caregiver’s indirectly, symptoms. In conclusion, seems be an essential characteristic caregivers, connected understanding problems child. The findings suggest possible use evaluation intervention.