This qualitative study explored the accounts of 50 residential childcare staff in Saudi Arabia, aiming to identify ways in which staff and residential institutions may function as attachment objects for the children in their care. Rather than conducting a formal attachment assessment, a semi‐structured interview schedule was utilised, intending to generate novel insights into the child–carer relationship. Informed by attachment theory, thematic analysis suggested that keyworkers' narratives were organised around three conceptual dichotomies – social rejection versus social acceptance, distress versus containment and development of the self versus bonding. The accounts also indicated that staff and institutions might encounter significant challenges in providing emotional security to the orphans, challenges touching upon all three levels – individual, dyadic and collective.

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沙特孤儿院中的依恋规定：探索住宿人员的叙述

这项定性研究探讨了沙特阿拉伯的50名寄托儿童的工作人员的账目，旨在确定职员和寄宿机构如何充当其所照顾孩子的依恋对象。不是进行正式的依恋评估，而是采用了半结构化的访谈时间表，目的是对儿童与照顾者的关系产生新颖的见解。在依恋理论的指导下，主题分析表明，关键工作者的叙述围绕着三个概念上的二分法进行组织：社会排斥与社会接纳，苦难与包容以及自我发展与联系的发展。。账目还表明，工作人员和机构在向孤儿提供情感安全方面可能会遇到重大挑战，涉及个人，二元和集体三个层面的挑战。