Publication Date
4-26-2025
School
School of Behavioral Sciences
Major
Social Work
Keywords
attachment theory, parental leave, policy, advocacy, social justice
Disciplines
Social Work
Recommended Citation
Snyder, Grace E., "Parental Deprivation: The Impact of Parental Leave Policy on Infant Attachment, Development, and Posterity" (2025). Senior Honors Theses. 1493.
https://digitalcommons.liberty.edu/honors/1493
Abstract
This literature review evaluates the lack of paid parental leave policy in the United States through the lens of attachment theory. While attachment theory has been extensively studied in the fields of Psychology and Social Work, a lack of research has been conducted to connect this theory to parental leave policy. The literature review examines parental leave policy and attachment theory along with how these topics connect. Social work is a profession that values the importance of human relationships and social justice, so understanding this relationship is important in forming the disciplinary knowledge upon which evidence-based advocacy is built.
