Anxiety of foster parents as a factor in the formation of deviant behavior in children

this article presents the results of an empirical study aimed at studying foster parent anxiety. The relevance of the research task is due to the identification of factors influencing the prevention of the return of adolescent children from foster families to government institutions. The peculiarities of the deviant behavior of adolescents aged 10-12 years living in foster and foster families have been revealed. The data of a qualitative analysis of a semi-structured interview aimed at identifying situations that contribute to increased anxiety and anxiety among foster parents are presented. The features of the manifestation of parental anxiety in relation to the deviant behavior of children are described. It is suggested that one of the reasons for high anxiety among foster parents is the given social role itself, the attitude towards parenthood as work, which only increases internal tension, because the very concept of home as a place of rest from work disappears.

foster parent anxiety, deviant behavior of teenagers