Nasuti John P, York Reginald, Sandell Karen
University of North Carolina at Wilmington, NC 28403-3297, USA.
Child Welfare. 2004 Jan-Feb;83(1):49-68.
The number of U.S. children entering foster care is increasing faster than the number of available foster parents. Of particular concern are the growing number of African American children in foster care and the lack of African American foster parents to care for them. This study compares role perceptions of African American and white foster parents and provides information on recruiting African American foster parents. These foster parents are more likely than their white counterparts to feel responsible for facilitating the relationship between foster children and birthparents. They are more likely to accept responsibility for the roles of agency partner and emotional developer of the child. Implications include the need for agencies to develop recruitment models that are sensitive to the qualities African American families can bring to the foster parent role.
进入寄养照料体系的美国儿童数量增长速度超过了现有寄养父母的数量。寄养照料体系中非洲裔美国儿童数量不断增加，而缺乏非洲裔美国寄养父母来照料他们，这一点尤其令人担忧。本研究比较了非洲裔美国寄养父母和白人寄养父母的角色认知，并提供了招募非洲裔美国寄养父母的相关信息。这些寄养父母比白人寄养父母更有可能觉得自己有责任促进寄养儿童与亲生父母之间的关系。他们更有可能承担起作为机构合作伙伴和儿童情感培育者的角色责任。这意味着各机构需要制定对非洲裔美国家庭能为寄养父母角色带来的特质敏感的招募模式。
