Rodger Susan, Cummings Anne, Leschied Alan W
Faculty of Education, The University of Western Ontario, London, Ont., Canada.
Child Abuse Negl. 2006 Oct;30(10):1129-42. doi: 10.1016/j.chiabu.2006.04.005. Epub 2006 Oct 2.
Responding to the need for more foster families to provide care for increasing numbers of children coming into care, this study was designed to understand the motivations and needs of foster parents in order to improve recruitment and retention. To meet this goal, the study identified characteristics of current foster families, performed a factor analysis on the Foster Parent Satisfaction Survey (FPSS) (Denby, R. W., Rindfleisch, N., & Bean, G. 1999). Predictors of foster parent's satisfaction and intent to continue to foster were identified, and the results were used to differentiate between foster parents who did and did not consider quitting fostering.
A sample of 652 foster parents completed a survey of 139 items including the Foster Parent Satisfaction Survey [Denby, R. W., Rindfleisch, N., & Bean, G. (1999). Predictors of foster parent's satisfaction and intent to continue to foster. Child Abuse & Neglect, 23, 287-303].
Foster parents were motivated by wanting to be loving parents to children and saving children from harm. The factor analysis of the FPSS resulted in five factors that were consistent with typical scoring methods of the instrument. A discriminant function analysis using these factors and whether parents had considered quitting fostering revealed that one factor, Challenging Aspects of Fostering, correctly classified 75.5% of parents.
Foster parents' satisfaction is related to their perceptions about teamwork, communication, and confidence in relation to both the child welfare agency and its professionals. Further, the most frequently endorsed reasons for fostering reflected foster parents' altruistic and internal motivations to foster. Negative relationships with professional staff from the child welfare agency were linked to considering quitting fostering.
为满足越来越多进入寄养体系的儿童对更多寄养家庭的需求，本研究旨在了解寄养父母的动机和需求，以改善招募和留用情况。为实现这一目标，该研究确定了当前寄养家庭的特征，对寄养父母满意度调查（FPSS）进行了因子分析（丹比，R.W.，林德弗莱施，N.，& 比恩，G.，1999年）。确定了寄养父母满意度和继续寄养意愿的预测因素，并将结果用于区分考虑退出寄养和不考虑退出寄养的寄养父母。
652名寄养父母参与了一项包含139个项目的调查，其中包括寄养父母满意度调查[丹比，R.W.，林德弗莱施，N.，& 比恩，G.（1999年）。寄养父母满意度和继续寄养意愿的预测因素。《虐待儿童与忽视》，23，287 - 303]。
寄养父母的动机是希望成为关爱孩子的父母并保护孩子免受伤害。对FPSS的因子分析得出了五个与该工具的典型评分方法一致的因子。使用这些因子以及父母是否考虑退出寄养进行的判别函数分析表明，一个因子“寄养的挑战性方面”正确分类了75.5%的父母。
寄养父母的满意度与他们对团队合作、沟通以及对儿童福利机构及其专业人员的信心的看法有关。此外，可以寄养的最常见原因反映了寄养父母寄养的利他和内在动机。与儿童福利机构专业人员的负面关系与考虑退出寄养有关。
