School of Social Work, Columbia University, 1255 Amsterdam Avenue, New York, NY 10027, USA.
J Dev Behav Pediatr. 2012 Jul;33(6):517-21. doi: 10.1097/DBP.0b013e31825c4881.
Utilizing an experimental vignette design, this study assessed attitudes in the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan toward the implementation of foster care as an alternative to institutions for children in need of care and protection.
A sample of 111 adults were surveyed in Amman and presented with a vignette describing a 14-year-old boy who came into the care of the Ministry of Social Development when he was a baby after being placed by the grandfather because of shame surrounding the mother being unwed. The vignettes systematically varied as to whether the child was described as raised in an orphanage, with a relative in a kinship foster placement, or with a nonkin foster family. Participants were then asked a series of questions about their acceptance of the child, stigma that the community might attach to the child, and potential outcomes for the child.
We found no differences across the acceptance and stigma questions between the kinship and non-kin foster conditions. The 2 foster care options were at least as acceptable as current institutional models across all domains, and participants were more likely to accept the child going to school with or being friends with their child if they were in foster care rather than an institution.
These results represent the first evidence of public acceptance of foster care as a model of care in Jordan and may inform the process of local stakeholders implementing alternatives to institutional care on a meaningful and sustainable scale in the Kingdom and regionally.
本研究采用实验情境设计，评估了约旦哈希姆王国实施寄养作为照顾和保护有需要儿童的替代机构的态度。
在安曼对 111 名成年人进行了调查，并向他们展示了一个描述一个 14 岁男孩的情境，他在婴儿时期被祖父送进了社会发展部，因为母亲未婚而感到羞耻。情境描述系统地变化，以描述孩子是在孤儿院长大的，还是与有亲属关系的寄养家庭，还是与没有亲属关系的寄养家庭一起长大的。然后，参与者被问及一系列关于他们对孩子的接受程度、社区可能对孩子产生的污名以及孩子的潜在结果的问题。
我们没有发现亲属寄养和非亲属寄养条件之间在接受程度和污名问题上的差异。在所有方面，这两种寄养选择至少与目前的机构模式一样可以接受，而且如果孩子在寄养家庭中而不是在机构中上学或与他们的孩子成为朋友，参与者更有可能接受孩子。
这些结果代表了约旦公众对寄养作为一种照顾模式的接受的首次证据，并且可能为该地区的利益相关者在该王国和该地区以有意义和可持续的规模实施机构替代方案的过程提供信息。
