 What factors predispose the intention to become a foster family in Estonia: Applying the theory of reasoned action and planned behavior?Madli Raudkivi Children and Youth Services Review, 2020, vol. 118, issue C Abstract: Despite research that shows growing up in a foster family is one of the best options for children who cannot live safely with their biological parents, the finding and recruitment of new foster families has globally become more difficult. It could be assumed that recruitment is even more difficult in countries like Estonia, where the tradition of foster care is short compared to the long history of institutional child care. This assumption raises the question of the kind of factors, which influence families to open up their homes to children, in Estonia? The results of this quantitative research shows that attitudes like a positive stance towards foster families and perceived support from close relatives are two strong predictors as well as demographic variables like age, ethnicity and the presence of children in the family. The data also shows a gap between generations which means recruiting new families and normalizing the concept of being a foster family could take time in Estonia. Keywords: Foster care; Attitudes; Beliefs; Recruitment (search for similar items in EconPapers) Downloads: (external link) Related works: Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:eee:cysrev:v:118:y:2020:i:c:s0190740920304862 DOI: 10.1016/j.childyouth.2020.105445 Access Statistics for this article Children and Youth Services Review is currently edited by Duncan Lindsey More articles in Children and Youth Services Review from Elsevier |
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