Abstract
This study assesses the influence natural family involvement has on foster children's adjustment. A sample of 80 foster children who had been in care two or more years and whose placement goals were continued foster care is used to examine the effect kin visiting has on natural family attachment and loyalty conflict. About half of the children were visited fairly regularly, almost one-third had strong psychological attachments to their families of origin, and about one-quarter had severe loyalty conflicts. The strongest predictor of loyalty conflict is natural family attachment. Visiting influences loyalty conflict indirectly through its effect on attachment.
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