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Through the theoretical lens of attachment theory, the relationship between substance abusing parents and their children exposed prenatally to drugs is explored. Attachment theory, the quality of attachment, attachment classifications, internal working models of attachment, and correlates of attachment classifications are discussed. Case studies of two schoolaged children exposed prenatally to cocaine are presented and interpreted in light of attachment theory set within a social-ecological perspective. Implications for practice and the use of federal policy for this population are explored.
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Davidson, C.E. Attachment issues and the cocaine exposed dyad. Child Adolesc Soc Work J 8, 269–284 (1991). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00756297
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