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Psychological Science and Education
2014. Vol. 19, no. 4, 46–53
ISSN: 1814-2052 / 2311-7273 (online)

Psychological Characteristics of Motivation for Foster Family Care

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E.B. Zhuykova, L.S. Pechnikova

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Abstract

The authors focus on the problem of family motivation to adopt a child. We discuss the importance of analysis of foster parents’ motivation for diagnosis, preparation and psychological care of such families, describe the importance of the motivation for the formation of expectations of a foster child, the impact on the parent-child relationship, the process of adaptation of the child in the family. We present and analyze Russian and foreign studies on the motivation to adopt a child in the family.

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Keywords: family structure, foster family, host family, adoption, foster child, themotivation to adopt a child

Journal rubric: Developmental Psychology

Article type: scientific article

For citation: Zhuykova E.B., Pechnikova L.S. Psychological Characteristics of Motivation for Foster Family Care. Psikhologicheskaya nauka i obrazovanie = Psychological Science and Education, 2014. Vol. 19, no. 4, pp. 46–53. (In Russ., аbstr. in Engl.)

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Information About the Authors

Ekaterina B. Zhuykova, Clinical Psychologist, ANO «Institute of integrative family therapy», Junior Researcher of The Scientific and Practical Center of Mental Health of Children and Adolescents, Moscow, Russia, e-mail: e.b.zhuykova@gmail.com

Leonora S. Pechnikova, PhD in Psychology, associate professor, Chair of Neuro- and Pathopsychology, Faculty of Psychology, Lomonosov Moscow State University, Moscow, Russia, e-mail: pech56@mail.ru

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