Attachment of children who growing up in children´s homes

Privrženost je trajna psihološka povezanost između dvije ili više osoba koje imaju jake emocionalne veze i koji te veze nastoje održavati. Odnos privrženosti formira se u najranijem djetinjstvu između primarnog skrbnika i djeteta. Temeljem tog odnosa, dijete može razviti sigurni i nesigurni stil privrženosti ili ne mora razviti privrženost. Nesigurni stilovi privrženosti dijele se na anksiozno izbjegavajući, anksiozno opirući i dezorganizirano dezorijentirani stil privrženosti. Cilj ovog završnog rada je da pruži pregled istraživanja o razvoju privrženosti kod djece koja odrastaju u dječjim domovima. Može se zaključiti kako dječji domovi nisu najprikladniji oblik skrbi za razvoj dječje privrženosti. Djeca koja odrastaju u dječjim domovima odvojena su od svojih roditelja što dovodi do prekida odnosa privrženosti prema roditelju. Dječji domovi ne mogu djetetu pružiti obiteljsko okruženje, stoga najčešće dolazi do razvijanja nesigurnih oblika privrženosti kod djece koja odrastaju u dječjim domovima. Kako bi dijete razvilo sigurnu privrženost bitan je stalan odnos s nekom odraslom osobom što je najčešće nemoguće u dječjim domovima jer je odgajatelja više i često se mijenjaju. Upravo zbog toga za dijete je poželjno smještanje u udomiteljsku obitelj, gdje ima veće izglede za razvoj sigurne privrženosti nego što bi to ostvarilo u dječjem domu.Attachment is a lasting psychological connection between two or more people who have strong emotional ties and who try to maintain these relationships. Attachment is formed in the earliest part of childhood between primary caretaker and child. Based on their relationship, child can develop a secure and insecure attachment, or no attachment at all. Insecure styles of attachment can be divided into avoidant, ambivalent and disorganized style of attachment. The aim of this paper is to provide an overview of the development of attachment in children who grow up in children's homes. It can be concluded that children's homes are not the most appropriate form of care for the proper development of child attachment. Children who grow up in children's homes are separated from their parents, which results in the loss of attachment towards their parents. Children's homes cannot provide the child with a family environment, which is why the children who grow up in children's homes are more likely to develop an unsecure attachment. For the child to develop a secure attachment, it is essential to have an ongoing relationship with an adult, which is mostly impossible to achieve in children's homes because there are a lot of educators and they are frequently changed. That is why it is better for a child to be accommodated in a foster family, where it is more likely to develop a secure attachment