scholarly journals Differences in greeting behaviour towards humans with varying levels of familiarity in hand-reared wolves ( Canis lupus )

2017 ◽  
Vol 4 (6) ◽  
pp. 160956 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dorottya Júlia Ujfalussy ◽  
Anita Kurys ◽  
Enikő Kubinyi ◽  
Márta Gácsi ◽  
Zsófia Virányi
Keyword(s):  
Canis Lupus ◽  
Foster Parents ◽  
Foster Parent ◽  
Strange Situation ◽  
Social Agents ◽  
Group Situation ◽  
The Individual ◽  
Strange Situation Test ◽  
Dog Domestication ◽  
Unique Status

Socialized wolves' relationship with humans is a much debated, but important question in light of dog domestication. Earlier findings reported no attachment to the caretaker at four months of age in a Strange Situation Test, while recently attachment to the caretaker was reported at a few weeks of age in a similar paradigm. To explore wolf–human relationship, we analysed behaviours of hand reared, extensively socialized wolves towards four visitor types: foster-parents, close acquaintances, persons met once before, and complete strangers during a greeting episode. As hypothesized, in the greeting context subjects showed more intense and friendly behaviour towards foster-parents, than other visitor types, which may reflect familiarity and affinity. However, differences were more pronounced in the group situation (at six months of age) than in the individual situation (at 12 and 24 months), suggesting that unique status of foster parents may become less distinct as wolves get older, while exploration of novel social agents is expressed more with older age. Fear related behaviour patterns were only found in the individual situation, mainly displayed towards strangers. We showed that, in case of extensively socialized wolves, distinctive affiliation and affinity towards the foster parent prevails into adulthood.

scholarly journals Hand-reared wolves show similar, or stronger, attachment toward human caregivers compared to hand-reared dogs

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Christina Hansen Wheat ◽  
Linn Larsson ◽  
Hans Temrin
Keyword(s):  
Canis Lupus ◽  
Developmental Stages ◽  
Canis Familiaris ◽  
Social Bond ◽  
Strange Situation ◽  
Strange Situation Test ◽  
Emotional Dependency ◽  
The Stranger ◽  
Attachment Behaviour ◽  
Over Time

AbstractDomesticated animals are generally assumed to display increased sociability towards humans compared to their wild ancestors. Dogs (Canis familiaris) have the ability to form lasting attachment, a social bond based on emotional dependency, with humans and it has specifically been suggested that this ability evolved post-domestication in dogs. Subsequently, it is expected that dogs but not wolves (Canis lupus), can develop attachment bonds to humans. However, while it has been shown that 16-weeks-old wolves do not discriminate in their expression of attachment behaviour toward a human caregiver and a stranger when compared to similar aged dogs, wolves at the age of eight weeks do. This highlights the potential for wolves to form attachment to humans, but simultaneously raises the question if this attachment weakens over time in wolves compared to dogs. Here we used the Strange Situation Test (SST) to investigate attachment behaviour expressed in hand-reared wolves and dogs toward a human caregiver at the age of 23 weeks. Both wolves and dogs expressed attachment toward a human caregiver. Surprisingly, wolves, but not dogs, discriminated between the caregiver and a stranger by exploring the room more in the presence of the caregiver compared to the stranger and greeting the caregiver more than the stranger. Our results thereby suggest that wolves can show attachment toward humans comparable to that of dogs at later developmental stages. Importantly, our results indicate that the ability to form attachment with humans did not occur post-domestication of dogs.

Behavioural effects of training on water rescue dogs in the Strange Situation Test

2016 ◽  
Vol 174 ◽  
pp. 121-127 ◽  
Author(s):  
Anna Scandurra ◽  
Alessandra Alterisio ◽  
Biagio D’Aniello
Keyword(s):  
Strange Situation ◽  
Behavioural Effects ◽  
Water Rescue ◽  
Strange Situation Test

scholarly journals INDIVIDUAL-TYPOLOGICAL CHARACTERISTICS OF PERSONALITY OF CANDIDATES TO PARENTS IN SUBSTITUTE FAMILIES

2020 ◽  
Vol 11 (87) ◽  
Author(s):  
Elena Vishtalenko ◽  
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Emma Andreasyan ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Social Services ◽  
Family Relationships ◽  
Foster Parents ◽  
Foster Families ◽  
The Family ◽  
Role Of Parents ◽  
Life Path ◽  
The Individual ◽  
High Level

Most researchers of socialization processes agree that the primary socialization carried out in the family is crucial. The phenomenon of the family was considered in terms of psychological, sociological, anthropological, philosophical, biological and cultural approaches. Now the question of surrogacy is being studied in terms of the psychology of the life path of the individual; as manifestations of the meaning of life, will, responsibility; as a world of the subjective, where is always something more. Many scientists pay attention to the methodology, organization, functioning of foster families; the problems of lifestyle of orphan children in general, and in particular – in a professionally foster family. Scientists have considered the motivation of the adopted child into the family and some socio-psychological characteristics of parents. However, there are almost no studies of some individual-typological features that dysfunctionally affect family relationships, although these features may be the reason for the denial of the family's ability to be a substitute. The relevance of the study is due to the need of supplement the structural and semantic components of the psychological diagnosis of potential parents in foster families. The empirical study was conducted on the basis of the Odessa Regional Center for Social Services for Families, Children and Youth, a territorial division of the Odessa Regional State Administration. In testing took a part about 30 applicants for foster parents. With the help of Individual-typological questionnaire LM Sobchyk (ITO) there was created an average statistical portrait of candidates for the role of parents in foster families. They are characterized by a high level of extraversion (48.6%); average level of rigidity (82.9%), aggression (54.3%), anxiety (82.9%), introversion (71.5%), lability (74.3%), sensitivity (62.9%), spontaneity (60%). All these qualities positively characterize all members of the sample and confirm their reliability as potential parents in foster families. These conclusions can be used by psychologists in the selection of candidates for the role of foster parents in foster families, as well as in psychological counseling.

scholarly journals Contact with biological parents following placement in foster care: Associations with preschool child externalizing behavior

2021 ◽  
pp. 135910452110492
Author(s):  
Karine Poitras ◽  
George M. Tarabulsy ◽  
Natalia Varela Pulido
Keyword(s):  
Foster Care ◽  
Behavior Problems ◽  
Externalizing Behavior ◽  
Foster Parents ◽  
Foster Parent ◽  
Externalizing Behavior Problems ◽  
Foster Child ◽  
Child Externalizing Behavior ◽  
Biological Parents ◽  
Child Externalizing

Externalizing behavior problems are a salient issue in the context of child protection services, where associations with placement stability and caregiving behavior have been documented. Moreover, although research on the association between contact with biological parents and foster child externalizing behavior problems is scarce and has yielded mixed results, several studies have shown links between the two variables. The purpose of this study is to determine the association of face-to-face contact with biological parents and externalized behaviors, while taking into account placement instability and foster parent interactive sensitivity. Fifty preschoolers and their foster parents were visited at home. Child externalizing behavior problems were self-reported by foster parents, foster parent sensitivity was measured via play observations, and information relative to placement was collected through interviews with biological parents and gathered from social services data. Results reveal that more frequent contact with biological parents and lower levels of foster parent sensitivity are independently linked to greater levels of externalizing behavior problems even after controlling for placement instability. Discussion focuses on the importance of children’s relationship experiences during foster care and the necessity to investigate their role to more clearly understand foster child socioemotional development.

Peer Support for New Foster Parents: A Case Study of the [location masked for blind review] Foster Parent Mentoring Program

2022 ◽  
pp. 106358
Author(s):  
Natalie D. Pope ◽  
Stephanie Ratliff ◽  
Shannon Moody ◽  
Kalea Benner ◽  
Justin “Jay” Miller
Keyword(s):  
Peer Support ◽  
Foster Parents ◽  
Foster Parent ◽  
Mentoring Program ◽  
Blind Review

Providing Love and Care

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Catherine E. Rymph
Keyword(s):  
World War Ii ◽  
Child Welfare ◽  
Foster Parents ◽  
Foster Parent ◽  
National Standards ◽  
Foster Mother ◽  
World War ◽  
Foster Parenting ◽  
Parent Role ◽  
Foster Fathers

This chapter examines the ambiguity of the foster parent role in the post-World War II period, looking particularly at analogies to other kinds of parenting. It explores efforts by child welfare professionals to reconcile their ambivalent feelings about foster parents through the creation and promotion of national standards for foster care and foster parenting. The chapter looks closely at professional writings about the foster mother role and the reasons why foster fathers received so little attention. It also examines the ways in which foster parents resisted their proscribed role, notably through attempting to adopt children in their care.

Sibling Relationship in Foster Care: Foster Parent Perspective

2018 ◽  
Vol 39 (9) ◽  
pp. 2590-2614 ◽  
Author(s):  
Armeda Stevenson Wojciak ◽  
Bryan P. Range ◽  
Dumayi M. Gutierrez ◽  
Nathan A. Hough ◽  
Casey M. Gamboni
Keyword(s):  
Foster Care ◽  
Foster Parents ◽  
Sibling Relationships ◽  
Foster Parent ◽  
Protective Role ◽  
Sibling Relationship ◽  
Parent Perspective ◽  
The Past ◽  
Semistructured Interviews ◽  
Youth In Foster Care

The sibling relationships of youth in foster care has garnered increased attention over the past few years indicating the potential protective role these relationships can have. Despite this growth, very little is known about how foster parents perceive the sibling relationships of youth in foster care and ways to promote these relationships. Thematic analysis was used to analyze semistructured interviews of 15 foster parents. Three major areas emerged as a result of the analysis: (a) the experience of sibling relationships in foster care, (b) how sibling relationships should be treated in foster care, and (c) ways to promote sibling relationships. All of the foster parents in this study discussed the importance of sibling relationships for the youth in their care and offer ways to promote these relationships through collaboration and education. Implications for foster parent training and child welfare practice are discussed.

scholarly journals Infantilizing Companion Animals through Attachment Theory: Why Shift to Behavioral Ecology-Based Paradigms for Welfare

2020 ◽  
pp. 1-18
Author(s):  
Amelia Lewis
Keyword(s):  
Attachment Theory ◽  
Behavioral Ecology ◽  
Separation Anxiety ◽  
Social Bonds ◽  
Companion Animals ◽  
Alternative Theory ◽  
Strange Situation ◽  
Human Infants ◽  
Mature Adult ◽  
Strange Situation Test

Abstract Attachment theory, proposed in the 1950s to understand the development of parent-child relationships, is often applied to human–companion animal relationships. I argue the application of this paradigm to test nonhuman animals’ social bonds with humans infantilizes mature animals and has a detrimental impact on animal welfare. The premise is that Ainsworth’s Strange Situation Test is inappropriate to investigate the emotional ties between domestic animals and humans. Instead, I propose an alternative theory, that dogs form mature social bonds with their guardians, and that the phenomenon known as separation anxiety is the result either of the frustration of mature adult group behaviors, or an overdependency fostered by the guardian. Rather than view mature dogs as comparable to human infants in their social relationships, we should perceive them as socially and emotionally mature at adulthood and shift the focus from attachment-based paradigms to the behavioral ecology and cognition of companion animals.

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