“…Moreover, literature on adoptive parents showed the protective role of the parents' secure attachment states of mind and their romantic relationships on the parenting functioning and stress, which in turn may influence child adaptation (Goldberg & Smith, 2014;Grotevant & McDermott, 2014;Lionetti, Pastore, & Barone, 2015;Pace, Santona, Zavattini, & Di Folco, 2014;Pace, Santona, Zavattini, & Di Folco, 2015b;Palacios & Brodzinsky, 2010;Salcuni, Miconi, Altoè, & Moscardino, 2015). In recent years, several brief-term clinical interventions were developed for supporting the growing attachment bonds in adoptive and foster families, e.g.…”