Parental insightfulness: retrospect and prospect

By: Koren-Karie N., Oppenheim D.
Published in: Attachment and Human Development
SDGs : SDG 03  |  Units: Social Welfare & Health Sciences  | Time: 2018 |  Link
Description: We open this introductory paper to the special issue with the theoretical and clinical roots of the insightfulness conce pt. Next, the Insightfulness Assessment (IA) is presented, followed by a review of key empirical findings supporting the IA. The central points in the papers in this special issue are reviewed next. These include the use of the IA with parents of children ranging in age from infancy to adolescence, its applicability outside the parent–child relationship (e.g. insightfulness toward a close friend), its use with high-risk mothers, and the usefulness of insightfulness both as a continuous and a categorical measure. The clinical applications of the IA are discussed, and we close with future directions for IA research. © 2018 Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group.