How Do People Become Foster Carers in Portugal? The Process of Building the Motivation
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 5934201 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Elisete Diogo (0000-0002-5303-8585, Universidade Católica Portuguesa, corresponding author), Francisco Branco (0000-0003-0075-792X, Universidade Católica Portuguesa) |
| Year | 2019 |
| Volume | 8 |
| Issue | 8 |
| Pages | 230 |
| Publication date | 2019-08-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Social Sciences (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 2076-0760 • E-ISSN: 2076-0760 |
| Publisher | MDPI AG (PUBLISHER • IT) |
| DOI | 10.3390/socsci8080230 |
| OpenAlex | W2966785987 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 6 |
| References cited | 10 |
Act no. 142/2015 highlights the importance of children out-of-home being placed in a family context. However, foster care continues to be an almost absent component in the Portuguese childcare system. In 2017, it corresponded to just 3% of out-of-home care. This research aims to contribute to the understanding of the reasons for becoming a foster family. It adopted a qualitative approach, using carers' narrative interviews and practitioners semi-structured interviews, inspired by grounded theory. Foster family motivation is rooted in altruism, affection for children and sensitivity to maltreatment. These factors, as well as personal life course and contact with out-of-home care, induce a predisposition to become a foster family. The quality of the support services and the care professionals' performance also reveal key elements
Affection · Altruism (biology · Context (archaeology · Developmental psychology · Foster care · Grounded theory · Narrative · Portuguese · Qualitative research · Sociology · Child Abuse and Trauma · Child Welfare and Adoption · Intergenerational Family Dynamics and Caregiving · Medicine · Nursing · Psychology · Social Psychology
Children's voices on parental visits in long‐term foster care
Development and validation of a new scale to assess motivations for fostering
Factors influencing the guidance of shared parenthood over time
What prevents people from becoming foster carers
Why do people become a foster parent? Insights from a national study
The Meaning of Shared Parenthood in Long‐Term Foster Care
Social Assistance Dynamics in Europe
Child Protection Systems
Families and Informal Support Networks in Portugal
Challenging behaviour in foster care
Foster Parents' Reasons for Fostering and Foster Family Utilization
Public perception of the foster care system
Motivation for foster care
The Recruitment and Retention of Family Foster-Carers
The Empirical Ties between Religious Motivation and Altruism in Foster Parents
| Unique citing works | 6 |
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| Citations per year | 3 |
| Citation span | 2024 - 2026 (3) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 6 |