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Journal of the Korean Home Economics Association 2003;41(5):131-148.
가정위탁서비스의 보호형태별 특성과 위탁아동의 적용에 관한 요인
The Characteristics of Family Foster Care Types and Factors of the Adjustability for the Foster Children
양심영
숭의여자대학 가족복지학과
ABSTRACT
This study investigated family foster care characteristics according to types of foster parents-surrogate, kin, general parents and predicting factors of foster children's adjustability to new environment. Participants were 618 cases of foster parents in 17 areas of the country through stratified sampling. It was found that the surrogate foster parent, tends to be older, received less education, has lower income, and is in poor health, as opposed to kin parents or general foster parents. There were significant effects of foster parent's age, living arrangement, income, education, consideration of foster child, and the periods of foster care experience as well as child's sex, contact of biological parents on emotional, behavioral, and family relational adjustment of the foster children.
Keywords: 가정위탁보호서비스, family foster care service, 위탁부모형태, foster family types, 적응, adjustment
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