Parental Visiting, Conflicting Allegiances, and Emotional and Behavioral Problems Among Foster Children†

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Fostering security? A meta-analysis of attachment in adopted children. (2009, background): “…children have been removed from their birth parents and, except in open adoption arrangement, have no contact with the birth parents, there is a high diversity of foster care arrangements, many implying contact and visits with the biological parent (Leathers, 2003; Sanchirico & Jablonka, 2000).”
“No One Acknowledged My Loss and Hurt”: Non-death Loss, Grief, and Trauma in Foster Care (2018, background): “Youth who enter foster care can experience various types of symbolic and intangible losses: for example, a loss of parental fidelity (Leathers, 2003), a loss of identity (Kools, 1997; Mitchell, 2016a), a loss of normalcy (Unrau et al., 2008), and a loss of beliefs (Mitchell, 2016b).”
Improving the Lives of Children in Foster Care: The Impact of Supervised Visitation* (2004, background): “Leathers (2003) also found that children in foster care had difficulties with adjustment and exhibited externalizing behaviors in relation to visitation.”