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Sarah Foster is an academic psychologist who teaches psychological and research concepts to students on Social Work and Guidance and Counselling degree courses.
Sarah undertakes research exploring applications and implications of attachment theory in clinical and social work practice. Along with Professor Robbie Duschinsky at Cambridge University, Sarah is currently co-leading a 4 1/2 year Wellcome Discovery Award project examining whether measures of attachment and attachment-relevant caregiving are helpful or unhelpful to assessments of child mental health and safeguarding needs.
Education/Academic qualification
Psychology, PhD, Attachment and reflective functioning in child welfare assessment
Award Date: 28 Sept 2023
Psychology, BSc (Hons), First class
Award Date: 31 Jul 2016
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Attachment theory and research: What should be on the core curriculum for child and family social workers?
Foster, S., Schofield, G., Geoghegan, L., Hood, R., Sagi-Schwartz, A., Bakkum, L., Hutchinson, D., Balk, W., Devine, R., Steele, M., Steele, H., Duncan, R., Guthrie, J., Mannes, J., Talia, A., Pickerden, J. E., Senior, L., Bailey, L., Stanton, C. & Allen, B. & 15 others, , 3 Apr 2026, In: Social Work Education. 45, 3, p. 803-820 18 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Practitioner Review: Clinical insights from attachment theory and research for professionals working with young children and their families
Opie, J. E., Waters, E., Duschinsky, R., Hammarlund, M., Madigan, S., Foster, S., Forslund, T., Thompson, R., Steele, H., Steele, M., Roisman, G. I., Groh, A. M., Fonagy, P., Dagan, O., Talia, A., Rossen, L., Sroufe, L. A., Tronick, E., Fearon, R. M. P. & Granqvist, P. & 27 others, , 1 May 2026, In: Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry. 67, 5, p. 723-739 17 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Review article › peer-review
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'In practice we don't use that much theory': Questioning claims of the dominance of attachment theory in children's safeguarding social work
Foster, S. L. & Duschinsky, R., 1 Sept 2025, In: The British Journal of Social Work. 55, 6, p. 2716-2733 18 p., bcaf068.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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How Clinical Psychologists Respond to Child Safeguarding Dilemmas: A Qualitative Study
O'Connor, M., Wilson, C., Coughlan, B., Duschinsky, R. & Foster, S., 1 Jan 2024, In: Child Abuse Review. 33, 1, 12 p., e2850.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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The perspectives of senior researchers in applied disciplines on the current state of developmental attachment research: An interview study
Mann, A., Thompson, M., Foster, S., Beckwith, H., Madigan, S., Fearon, R. P., Schuengel, C. & Duschinsky, R., 1 Apr 2023, In: SAGE Open. 13, 2, p. 1-12 12 p., 215824402311792.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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