An Empirical Study on Foster Parental Problems from Caring for Children with Developmental Disabilities

2016 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 26380772
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: Social welfare and social work studies
• Research Institution: Tokyo Seitoku University
• Principal Investigator: Nakayama Satoshi 東京成徳大学, 応用心理学部, 教授(移行) (80327262)
• Research Collaborator: Aoba Kouu 東京養育家庭の会, 理事長 ; Kinouchi Hiromichi 全国里親会, 前副会長 ; Ikegami Kazuko 東北福祉大学, 通信教育部, 特任准教授 ; Yoshino Mayumi 育英短期大学, 保育学科, 准教授
• Project Period (FY): 2014-04-01 – 2017-03-31
• Keywords: 社会的養護 / 養育困難 / 養育里親 / 発達障害 / 全国アンケート調査

Outline of Final Research Achievements

We conducted investigation for improvement of foster parental problems from caring for children with developmental disabilities. In order to examine foster parental problems in raising those children, foster parents (N=3023) were sent questionnaire, of which 54% were returned. Analysis of the questionnaire data was used to clarify difficulties of foster parents, and revealed the following: (a) There is a tendency to do the same way as developmental disabilities in foster children. (b) About 34% of those children were diagnosed with developmental disabilities. (c)Foster parents feel the difficulties to foster warm human relation to the child. (d) The circumstance of raising those children are not well, but most foster parents are eager to raise foster children. (e) There is need to improve training for foster parents to learn the knowledge of developmental disabilities, involvement.

Free Research Field

社会福祉学