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  • Reflections on challenges and successes from the Reflective Fostering Study

    Large-scale research in UK fostering is often slowed by healthcare-style bureaucracy and limited administrative capacity in social care. The authors argue research rules should be refined to better reflect the realities of children’s social care.

    Authors: Irvine, K., Rider, B., Cresswell, C. et al.

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  • Challenges for reproductive and infant researchers in asking about reproductive history and family composition

    Reproductive history and family composition are key in reproductive and infant psychology, yet research often centres on biological parents. This editorial explores why inclusive questions matter and the challenges of capturing diverse caregiving arrangements.

    Authors: Darwin, Z., Iles, J., Rosan, C. et al.

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  • The effectiveness of interventions targeting interparental conflict in improving family outcomes

    This systematic review examines how parenting interventions addressing interparental conflict affect co-parenting relationships, parenting behaviour and child outcomes, and highlights their impact alongside key gaps in the current evidence base.

    Authors: Hopson, H.L., Fonagy, P. & Rosan, C.

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  • Clinical effectiveness of the Circle of Security-Parenting group intervention for birthing parents in perinatal mental health services in England (COSI)

    The COSI study tested whether the Circle of Security-Parenting (COS-P) programme is a helpful and acceptable way for NHS perinatal mental health services to support mothers, birthing parents and their relationships with their babies.

    Authors: Rosan, C & Alyousefi-van Dijk, K., et al.

  • How can measurement‐based care improve psychotherapy processes and mental health service delivery? A synthesis of expert perspectives

    This letter from the INSPIRE research group summarises expert views on the benefits and future of measurement-based care, where client progress is shared to guide therapy. The authors call for greater co-ordination across settings, cultures and systems to support the development of measures and practice.

    Authors: Moltu, C., van Sonsbeek, M., Bovendeerd, B., et al.

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  • Childhood and adolescence’s predictors of parenting stress in adoptive mothers of early and late placed children

    This longitudinal study examined parenting stress and its predictors in 51 mothers of early- and late-placed adoptees, from childhood to adolescence.

    Authors: Lajmi, N., Hillman, S., Steele, M., et al.

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  • Interparental conflict in the perinatal period: exploring clinical and community populations

    The study provides novel insight into interparental conflict in the perinatal period, comparing the experiences of parents with, and without, clinical mental health diagnoses. This research was completed as part of a PhD project.

    Authors: Hopson, H, Fonagy, P., Rosan, C. et al.

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  • What does it mean to be a 'foster parent'? Exploring Foster parent narratives using ideal-type analysis

    This study explores foster parent perceptions of their role and its impact on child outcomes, identifying three types of foster parents: emotional, ambiguous, and professional.

    Authors: Dalgaard, N. T., Reich, J.,M., Midgley, N. et al.

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  • The Reflective Fostering Programme: A Dialogue Between Clinical Practice and Research

    This discussion, presented at the 2023 International Congress on Mentalization-Based Treatments, highlights the integration of clinical practice and research in the Reflective Fostering Programme through a mentalizing conversation.

    Authors: Redfern, S., Midlgey, N.

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