Influences on the Decision to Become or Not Become a Foster Parent

Baum, Angela C.; Crase, Sedahlia Jasper; Crase, Kirsten Lee

doi:10.1606/1044-3894.205

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“…Why would local religious congregations, in particular, be places of interest for recruiting foster families? Other scholarly work has found that pre-service motives for fostering, such as religious motivation, are important determinants for the eventual decision to become a foster parent [25]. However, the specific idea of religiosity and its association with altruistic motives for fostering, though supported in an older study in Australia [18], has not received much attention since.…”

Section: Religiosity Altruism and Fosteringmentioning

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The Empirical Ties between Religious Motivation and Altruism in Foster Parents: Implications for Faith-Based Initiatives in Foster Care and Adoption

Howell‐Moroney

2014

Religions

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Amidst a crisis shortage of foster homes in the child welfare system, a number of innovative faith-based collaborations aimed at recruiting foster parents have recently emerged. It has been suggested that these collaborations offer a unique opportunity to recruit committed and altruistic parents as caregivers, providing much needed capacity to an overloaded child welfare system. This paper uses data from the National Survey of Current and Former Foster Parents to examine the associations between religious motivations for fostering, altruism and various measures of foster home utilization and longevity. The empirical results demonstrate that religiously motivated foster parents are more likely to have altruistic reasons for fostering, and scored higher than the non-religiously motivated group on an index of altruism. A separate empirical analysis shows that the interaction of high levels of altruism and religious motivation is associated with higher foster home utilization. No association was found between religious altruism and the parent's expressed intent to continue providing foster care. The implications of these findings for current faith-based collaboration in the child welfare arena are discussed.

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Section: Religiosity Altruism and Fosteringmentioning

confidence: 99%

The Empirical Ties between Religious Motivation and Altruism in Foster Parents: Implications for Faith-Based Initiatives in Foster Care and Adoption

Howell‐Moroney

2014

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“…The research indicates that foster parents are unlikely to receive training to prepare them for the difficulties of caring for a foster child (Cuddeback and Orme 2002;Baum et al 2001;Chamberlain et al 1992;Hudson and Levasseur 2002). Perhaps the longer a foster parent has provided care to foster children, the more frustrated they become by the challenges they face in the children's behavior and the foster care system's regulations resulting in a less secure attachment.…”

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Attachment in Foster Care: The Role of Maternal Sensitivity, Adoption, and Foster Mother Experience

Ponciano

2010

Child Adolesc Soc Work J

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The attachment relationships between 76 young foster children and their foster mothers were examined with the purpose of understanding how maternal sensitivity, adoption status, and foster mother experience contribute to relationship quality. Demographic variables were also included in the analyses. Attachment quality was assessed through home observations. More than half of the participating dyads constructed secure attachments. Maternal Sensitivity and foster mothers with little prior experience predicted higher scores on attachment quality. Additionally, variables associated with adoption status and full-time employment predicted maternal sensitivity. The results are interpreted and limitations of the study are discussed within the context of recent foster care reform policies and applications for practice.

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“…These are seen as protective factors against stress and thus important strengths for Aboriginal caregivers (Habfoll et al 2002). In addition, foster parents who had been in foster care themselves see strength in their ability to relate to children in out of home care and to anticipate potential challenges (Baum et al 2001;Clark 2000;Whiting and Huber 2007).…”

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Strengths of Aboriginal Foster Parents

Ivanova¹,

Brown²

2010

J Child Fam Stud

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The purpose of the study was to identify the strengths of Aboriginal foster parents according to the foster parents themselves. A total of 83 Aboriginal foster parents participated in over the phone interviews that included the question ''What are the main strengths you have as a foster parent?''. Responses to the questions were sorted by the participants and the sorted data were analyzed using multidimensional scaling and cluster analysis. Four clusters emerged from the responses to the question: (1) awareness abilities and skills, (2) cultural experience, (3) personal qualities, and (4) child as part of family. The clusters were compared and contrasted with available literature.

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Influences on the Decision to Become or Not Become a Foster Parent

Cited by 37 publications

References 11 publications

The Empirical Ties between Religious Motivation and Altruism in Foster Parents: Implications for Faith-Based Initiatives in Foster Care and Adoption

The Empirical Ties between Religious Motivation and Altruism in Foster Parents: Implications for Faith-Based Initiatives in Foster Care and Adoption

Attachment in Foster Care: The Role of Maternal Sensitivity, Adoption, and Foster Mother Experience

Strengths of Aboriginal Foster Parents

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