Manuela Garcia

School of Psychology
Doctoral Researcher

Contact details

Email: psmanuelagarcia@gmail.com

Address: School of Psychology
University of Birmingham
Edgbaston
Birmingham
B15 2TT
UK

Title of PhD: Attachment Styles in Alternative Care

Supervisors: Catherine Hamilton-Giachritsis

Manuela Garcia is undertaking doctoral research on children living in alternative care (institutions or foster care), focusing on attachment with temporary carers. She has recently presented a systematic literature review at the European Regional Conference of the International Society for the Prevention of Child Abuse and Neglect (ISPCAN) in Dublin.

Qualifications

Psychologist. Masters Degree in Child psychopathology.
Certificate in Secure Attachment Promotion. Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile.
Training certificate in the Brazelton Scale for Neonatal Behavioral Assessment. Certified by the Brazelton Institute, Harvard Medical School, Children's Hospital, Boston, USA.

Biography

Manuela Garcia previously studied Psychology at degree level at the Catholic University of Valparaiso in Chile before undertaking a Masters in Child Psychopathology in the Autonomous University of Barcelona, Spain. Her Masters dissertation was a research study in attachment styles in children with Attention Deficit Disorder. She has worked as a clinical psychologist for 15 years in a public hospital in Chile focusing on working with children, youth and families. She has experience of working with psychology students in the last year of their degrees, on topics related to Attachment theory. She has also worked with health teams in the promotion of mother-child bonding and child psychology issues.

Research

Research interests

Attachment, Institutionalization, Foster Care, child, family and developmental psychology.

Other activities

Manuela Garcia has also worked as a supervisor for psychology students in their final year. She also has experience as a professor for psychology degree students in topics related to attachment.

Publications

“In the name of the children”: Public policies for children in out-of-home care in Chile. Historical review, present situation and future challenges; Manuela Garcia Quiroga, Catherine Hamilton-Giachritsis; Children and Youth Services Review, vol 44, September 2014, pages 422-430; DOI: 10.1016/j.childyouth.2014.07.009

Hamilton-Giachritsis and Garcia Quiroga, (2014) Institutional care; H. Montgomery (Ed.), Oxford Bibliographies in Childhood Studies, Oxford University Press, New York (2014); DOI: 10.1093/OBO/9780199791231-0098

GARCIA QUIROGA, Manuela y IBANEZ FANES, Margarita. Attachment and Hyperactivity: An Exploratory Study of the Mother-Child Bond; Ter Psicol, Dic 2007, vol.25, no.2, p.123-134. ISSN 0718-4808; http://dx.doi.org/10.4067/S0718-48082007000200003

Master's thesis "Representations of the Mother-Child Relationship in a Sample of Children Diagnosed with Attention Deficit Disorder with Hyperactivity." Autonomous University of Barcelona, Spain.
Work published in an article in the journal "Psychological Therapy" ("Terapia Psicologica") of the Chilean Society of Clinical Psychology (2008).

Degree thesis entitled "Pre-Marital Violence and Some Elements Associated With It: A Study of Young People From Three Traditional Universities of the Fifth Region." School of Psychology. Universidad Católica de Valparaíso. (Catholic University of Valparaiso); SSN print: 0717-4691 ISSN on line: 0718-2236; Abstract: http://www.redalyc.org/resumen.oa?id=19500608; PDF: http://www.redalyc.org/pdf/195/19500608.pdf

Work published with articles in:

Chilean Journal of Clinical Psychology, March 1997. Society of Clinical Psychology
Last Decade Review 1997 No. 6. CIDPA. Viña del Mar