scholarly journals Socio-perceptual images as regulators of child-parental relations in foster families

2021 ◽  
Vol 12 (2) ◽  
pp. 129-147
Author(s):  
V.L. Sitnikov ◽  
A.A. Strelenko ◽  
S.I. Kedich ◽  
A.V. Komarova
Keyword(s):  
Foster Children ◽  
Family Formation ◽  
Structural Characteristics ◽  
Adoptive Parents ◽  
Psychological Injury ◽  
Foster Child ◽  
Foster Families ◽  
Biological Mothers ◽  
Foster Mothers ◽  
Parental Relations

Objective. Definition of communications of I-images of mothers with He-images of the own children, I-images of the foster mothers with He-images of foster children became the purpose of our research; establishment of communications of I-images of the foster mothers with the child parental relation and interaction. Background. The problem of social and perceptual reflection is current because the number of families with receptions and the sponsored children grows. Quite often adoptive parents aren’t ready to adequate interaction with nonnative children and return them in the system of guardianship, putting to children a severe psychological injury. One of the most important reasons of it is the discrepancy of ideal fixations on need of children for family and real perception of specific children by adoptive parents, rigidity of their attitudes — social installations. In this regard studying mechanisms and regularities of perception of the child in family since how the child is perceived in family, formation of his “Ya-concept”, formation of the personality, the relation with relatives, peers, teachers, with surrounding people directly depends is of particular importance. To minimize emergence of such psychoinjuring situations the in-depth study of mechanisms and regularities of social perception in the replacing families is necessary. Study design. Links between the structures of I-images of mothers and He-images of their native and adoptive children were investigated; links between socio-perceptual images and child-parental attitude (interaction) in foster families. Participants. Sample: 18 women from 29 to 59 years (M=48,05; SD=7,77) with only foster children and 20 women aged 37 to 48 years (M=39,85; SD=3,93) having only their biological children. Measurements. The technique “The structure of the image of a person (hierarchical),” developed by V.L. Sitnikov; two versions of the VRR questionnaire by I.M. Markovskaya, to study the interaction of parents with children and adolescents. Results. I- and He-images are indicators of child-parental relations in foster families. At the replacing mothers the controlling behavior in relation to the child is expressed. And high control can be shown in petty guardianship, persistence, to lead to restrictions and the bans. Conclusions. Reliable connections of socio-perceptual images of members of substitute families and child-parental relations were revealed, proving that these images are indicators of child-parental relations. The images children have similarity on structural characteristics both at foster, and at biological mothers. In representations of the foster mothers when forming an image of the foster child the orientation to the I-concept and ideas of what has to be the child is noted. The foster mothers identify themselves with foster children in the present and the future, more close relations with the foster child seek to establish. In comparison with foster, biological mothers are more open in communication with the children.

Adoption and Foster Care—The Pediatrician' Role

1979 ◽  
Vol 1 (2) ◽  
pp. 57-61
Author(s):  
Burton Sokoloff
Keyword(s):  
Foster Children ◽  
Early Adulthood ◽  
The United States ◽  
Adoptive Parents ◽  
Birth Parents ◽  
Foster Families ◽  
Adoptive Family ◽  
Behavioral Learning ◽  
The Past ◽  
Psychiatric Problems

The United States now has approximately 2,500,000 adoptees under the age of 21—representing nearly 2% of the population in that age-group. In addition, about 350,000 children live with foster families in this country during any given year. These children and their families have inherent vulnerabilities and problems that pediatricians may overlook. Significant numbers of foster children and adoptees are seen with behavioral, learning, and psychiatric problems. It is important that continuing counseling be available to the adoptive family, commencing prior to the adoption procedure and following throughout the early adulthood of the adoptee. ADOPTION Uniqueness of Adoptio Adoption is a situation with emotions which can be best comprehended by those in the adoptive triad itself: the birth-parents, the adoptee, and the adoptive-parents. In the adoptive procedure a mother has given up a child she has borne; parents adopt the child of an unfamiliar background, and, unlike his peers, the child knows that he was not born to the parents who have reared him. Many adoption agencies have in the past advised the adoptive-parents to raise the child as their own, love him as their own, and concurrently remind him periodically that he is not their own! Frequently no further counseling would be suggested for these families.

scholarly journals THE STRUCTURE AND CONTENT OF SOCIAL PERCEPTION IMAGES IN THE CONSCIOUS OF FOSTER MOTHERS

2021 ◽  
Vol 31 (4) ◽  
pp. 416-427
Author(s):  
A.A. Strelenko
Keyword(s):  
Empirical Study ◽  
Social Perception ◽  
Foster Children ◽  
Social Intelligence ◽  
Structural Features ◽  
Foster Child ◽  
Single Mechanism ◽  
Foster Mothers ◽  
Child Research ◽  
Study Participants

This article examines the problem of the image of a foster child in the representations of foster mothers. The goal of the work is to determine the structural features of the foster mother's I-image, the You-image of the foster child. Research hypothesis - the structure and content of I-images and images of foster children are statistically and qualitatively related. Study participants were 78 people, foster mothers aged 29-66 years (М=49,64; SD=7,54). Based on the results of the empirical study, structural and content features were revealed in the ideas of foster mothers about themselves and their foster children. There are differences in the components of images: social intelligence (p≤0,05), behavioral (p≤0,05), bodily (p≤0,05), neutral (p≤0.05), negative (p≤0,05). Correlations were established between the characteristics of the images reflecting attitudes toward a person. Comparison of social-perceptual images in structure and content indicates the similarity of the I-images of mothers with the You-images of their foster children. The results obtained are based on a single mechanism for the development of socio-perceptual images. Foster mothers choose a child and build interaction with him/her, relying not so much on the reflection of real personal features of the child, as on their own ideas about themselves, on their I-concept.

Motivating Factors to Breastfeed an Adopted Child in a Muslim Community in Malaysia

2015 ◽  
Vol 74 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Zilal Saari ◽  
Farahwahida Mohd Yusof
Keyword(s):  
Breast Milk ◽  
Foster Mother ◽  
Motivating Factors ◽  
Foster Child ◽  
Muslim Community ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
Biological Mothers ◽  
Foster Mothers ◽  
Maternal Instinct ◽  
Motivating Factor

Breast milk is the best milk for babies. Breastfeeding is not exclusive to biological mothers only, it is relevant to adoptive mothers too. Women who have never given birth are also able to produce breast milk by following induced lactation method. According to Islamic fiqh law (jurisprudence), woman who breastfeed a child who is not her biological child will be mahram to her nurse child. Therefore the aim of this study is to examine the motivating factors to breastfeeding a foster child in a Muslim community in Malaysia. This is a qualitative study using case studies and grounded theory. A total of 12 foster-mothers whom have successfully breastfed their foster children by induced lactation method were involved in this study. The method of collecting data is semi-structured interviews. Qualitative data were analyzed using QSR NVivo Version 10 software using the techniques of content analysis, word based analysis and code based analysis. This study found, the main motivating factor for a foster-mothers to breastfeed her foster child is to build a mahram relationship with her foster child, followed by the maternal instinct, psychology, nutrition, technology, offspring and obligations. Breastfeeding a foster child in the context of a Muslim community in Malaysia aims to achieve two objectives: Islamic tenet (syariat) and goals of humanity. Both of these goals are linked by science i.e. induced lactation technology. This study proves that a Muslim foster-mother can apply induced lactation as a way to build a fosterage (milk kinship) relationship with her foster child which ultimately facilitate in their family life.

scholarly journals Invariant and Variant Sociopsychological Characteristics of Successful Foster Mothers

2021 ◽  
Vol 26 (6) ◽  
pp. 149-163
Author(s):  
V.N. Oslon ◽  
M.A. Odintsova ◽  
G.V. Semya ◽  
E.A. Zinchenko
Keyword(s):  
Foster Children ◽  
Foster Parents ◽  
Professional Community ◽  
Diagnostic Techniques ◽  
Foster Mother ◽  
Parental Competence ◽  
Foster Parenting ◽  
Foster Families ◽  
Long Period ◽  
Foster Mothers

As part of the development of tools for sociopsychological assessment of prospective foster parents, we conducted a factorization of the array of data obtained with a set of diagnostic techniques and identified the contribution of each component to the success of foster care. Invariant and variant characteristics of successful foster mothers are highlighted (N=128).Foster mothers were selected based on the expert opinion of the professional community and trained as coaches of foster families. It is shown that successful foster mothers have a number of characteristics that allow them to raise foster children over a long period of time. These characteristics should be considered as criteria for selecting potential reliable guardians. Among the invariant characteristics are: the viability of family, the dominance of motivation of altruism and self-realization in children, high levels of emotion management, extroversion, consciousness, emotional stability, parental competence. The variant characteristics are as follows: the experience of foster parenting, the intensity of motivation aimed at resolving family and personal crises, ‘replacing’ a child, solving demographic problems, filling an empty nest, as well as the level of emotional intelligence and its components (except emotion managment); personality traits (level of compliance, openness to experience); altruistic investment. The invariant-variant approach enables us to address the sociopsychological portrait of the foster mother in its integrity.

Changes in Legislation on Foster Family Care in the Arab Republic of Egypt

2014 ◽  
Vol 28 (3) ◽  
pp. 307-316 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hamido A. Megahead
Keyword(s):  
Foster Children ◽  
Family Care ◽  
Foster Child ◽  
Foster Family ◽  
Biological Family ◽  
Egyptian Child ◽  
Care System

This article reports on changes in legislation on foster family care in the Arab Republic of Egypt, specifically the replacement and/or addition of terms to the Egyptian Ministry Decree (17) 1968 and Egyptian Child Law No. 12 of 1996. The replacement of terms refers to Terms 4 and 10 in Article 87 of the Egyptian Child Law No. 12 of 1996. Term 4 addresses the numbers of biological siblings and foster children permitted in a foster family. Term 10 relates to how contact should be managed between a foster child and its biological family. The terms added are Terms D and H in Article 83 and Terms 10 and 12 in Article 87 of the Egyptian Child Law No. 12 of 1996. Terms D and H focus on the objectives of the foster family care system. Terms 10 and 12 address the process of reuniting a foster child with its biological family and the issue of retaining a foster child’s original parentage.

scholarly journals Pre-Birth Factors, Post-Birth Factors, and Voting: Evidence from Swedish Adoption Data

2014 ◽  
Vol 108 (1) ◽  
pp. 71-87 ◽  
Author(s):  
DAVID CESARINI ◽  
MAGNUS JOHANNESSON ◽  
SVEN OSKARSSON
Keyword(s):  
Genetic Research ◽  
Adoptive Parents ◽  
Data Set ◽  
Biological Mothers ◽  
Parental Characteristics ◽  
Biological Parents ◽  
Birth Factors ◽  
Electoral Turnout ◽  
Birth Environment ◽  
Swedish Data

This article analyzes a rich Swedish data set with information on the electoral turnout of a large sample of adoptees, their siblings, their adoptive parents, and their biological parents. We use a simple regression framework to decompose the parent-child resemblance in voting into pre-birth factors, measured by biological parents’ voting, and post-birth factors, measured by adoptive parents’ voting. Adoptees are more likely to vote if their biological parents were voters and if they were assigned to families in which the adoptive parents vote. We find evidence of interactions between the pre- and post-birth factors: the effect of the post-birth environment on turnout is greater amongst adoptees whose biological mothers are nonvoters. We also show that the relationships between parental characteristics, such as education, and child turnout, persist even in the absence of a genetic link between parent and child. The regression-based framework we utilize provides a basis for the integration of behavior-genetic research into mainstream political science.

Parenting stress and parenting behavior among foster mothers of foster children with externalizing problems

2013 ◽  
Vol 35 (10) ◽  
pp. 1742-1750 ◽  
Author(s):  
Femke Vanschoonlandt ◽  
Johan Vanderfaeillie ◽  
Frank Van Holen ◽  
Skrällan De Maeyer ◽  
Marijke Robberechts
Keyword(s):  
Parenting Stress ◽  
Externalizing Problems ◽  
Foster Children ◽  
Parenting Behavior ◽  
Foster Mothers

scholarly journals KEADILAN PROPORSIONAL DALAM PEMBAGIAN WARIS ANAK ANGKAT

2012 ◽  
Vol 4 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Ramadhita Ramadhita
Keyword(s):  
Islamic Law ◽  
Adoptive Parents ◽  
The Other ◽  
Foster Child ◽  
Adopted Child ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
Modern Era

<p>The  existence  of  a  religion  in  the  modern  era,  is  determined  by  its  velocity  to  respond and resolve the problems of life creatively, by means of ijtihad, with a wide range of its methodology.  A  progressive  steps  have  been  carried  out  by  Indonesian’s  scholars  by giving rights to the relics of a foster child by testament wajibah, regulated in article 209 compilation of Islamic law. Though it is never cached prearranged classical fiqh. Thus, even though in its development of article 209 hasn’t been able to reflect justice. Therefore, the part that was accepted by the adopted child may be smaller than the other heirs, regardless of contributions or services that have been given a foster child to adoptive parents</p> <p>Eksistensi suatu agama di era modern, ditentukan bagaimana merespon dan menyelesaikan problem kehidupan secara kreatif dengan cara ijtihad, dengan berbagai macam metodologinya. Langkah  progresif  telah  dilakukan  oleh  ulama  Indonesia  dengan  memberikan  hak  dari harta peninggalan kepada anak angkat melalui wasiat wajibah, yang diatur dalam Pasal 209 Kompilasi Hukum Islam. Padahal hal ini tidak pernah diatur sebelumnya di dalam khazanah  fiqh  klasik.  Meskipun  dimikian,  dalam  perkembangannya  Pasal  209 belum mampu mencerminkan keadilan. Sebab, bagian yang diterima oleh anak angkat bisa jadi lebih kecil dari bagian ahli waris lain, tanpa mempertimbangkan kontribusi atau jasa yang telah diberikan anak angkat kepada orang tua angkatnya.</p>

Experiences Following the Deaths of Disabled Foster Children: “We Don't Feel Like ‘Foster’ Parents”

2004 ◽  
Vol 49 (4) ◽  
pp. 347-369 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ann Fudge Schormans
Keyword(s):  
Family Of Origin ◽  
Foster Children ◽  
Foster Parents ◽  
Early Death ◽  
Severe Disabilities ◽  
Child Welfare System ◽  
Foster Child ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
Family Experiences ◽  
Parent Child Relationships

Foster parents in the child welfare system occupy a unique position in our culture. While expected to parent and provide safe, loving, and normative family experiences to a child removed from her/his family of origin, they are, simultaneously, expected to remember that they are not the child's biological parent. Increasingly, foster parents are being asked to care for children with severe disabilities that sometimes precipitate an early death. How do foster parents experience the death of a foster child with disabilities in their care? Semi-structured interviews with bereaved foster parents revealed foster parents' self-identification as “parents” who shared “parent/child” relationships with foster children whom they considered to be part of their families. The foster parents' experience of the death of the foster child with a disability was reported comparable to the death of a birth child, however, their identification as legitimate grievers was often disenfranchised by others.

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