Motivation, expectations, and needs of foster parents

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Result on the web
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DOI - Digital Object Identifier
<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.32725/kont.2025.038" target="_blank" >10.32725/kont.2025.038</a>

Result language
angličtina
Original language name
Motivation, expectations, and needs of foster parents
Original language description
Introduction: In the Czech Republic, there is a lack of research examining the motivations and expectations of foster parents, as well as how foster care fulfils their needs. One of the main reasons why we are addressing this issue is that institutional care for children under the age of 3 was abolished at the end of 2024 and replaced by family care.Objectives: The paper aims to examine the experiences of individuals in the process of providing foster care.Methods: The research was carried out using a qualitative research strategy. The research population was foster parents from the MoravianSilesian region. The data were collected through a semi-structured interview technique and analysed by a thematic analysis method.Results: The results showed that drug addiction and problems with their offspring or neglect of their own children were important motives for foster care among kinship foster parents. For non-kinship foster parents, the main motivation was an inability to have their own child and the desire to fulfill the parental role.Conclusion: It is important to remember that each foster parent enters this role with different motivations, expectations, and individual needs. Therefore, we need to focus on understanding the motives and needs of foster parents in order to offer them effective support.
Czech name
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Czech description
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Type
J<sub>imp</sub> - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database
CEP classification
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OECD FORD branch
50100 - Psychology and cognitive sciences

Publication year
2025
Confidentiality
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Name of the periodical
Kontakt - Journal of Nursing and Social Sciences related to Health and Illness
ISSN
1212-4117
e-ISSN
1804-7122
Volume of the periodical
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Issue of the periodical within the volume
4
Country of publishing house
CZ - CZECH REPUBLIC
Number of pages
7
Pages from-to
391-397
UT code for WoS article
001641870600016
EID of the result in the Scopus database
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