TY  - INPR
KW  - Foster care
KW  -  case studies
KW  -  theory development
KW  -  epistemic trust
KW  -  relationships
A1  - Sprecher, Eva A
A1  - Li, Elizabeth
A1  - Sleed, Michelle
A1  - Midgley, Nick
PB  - Informa UK Limited
JF  - Qualitative Research in Psychology
SP  - 1
N1  - © 2022 The Author(s). Published with license by Taylor & Francis Group, LLC. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives
License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/).
UR  - https://doi.org/10.1080/14780887.2022.2033898
ID  - discovery10144121
EP  - 26
N2  - Novel psychological theories are often conceived in a general or heuristic form that can benefit from development and granulation through context-specific theory testing. Here, a theory-testing single case study methodology, adapted from an approach developed in the field of psychoanalysis, is presented. The study exemplifies this methodology though an interrogation of the explanatory value of a relatively new child development theory, the theory of epistemic trust, in the context of the relationship between a foster carer (?John?) and a young person in their care (?Buster?). Using in-depth interview material, the ways and extent to which the theory of epistemic trust could aid understanding of this fostering relationship are examined. We discuss the implications for the development of the theory of epistemic trust and the applications of these findings to social work contexts. The strengths and limitations of this theory-testing case study approach are explored.
AV  - public
TI  - ?Trust me, we can sort this out?: a theory-testing case study of the role of epistemic trust in fostering relationships
Y1  - 2022/02/12/
ER  -