Study motivation admission of a child to a prospective surrogate parents (on the material of training under the program «School for foster parents»)

The paper presents the main results of the empirical study of dynamics of alterations to motivation for adoption of an orphan child by a family of prospective adoptive parents while training at the School for Foster Parents. The study has proven that while training the so-called «structural motives» have grown in intensity whereas «insufficiently constructive» motives have declined in intensity. The study revealed an increasing awareness of child'' needs in prospective substitute parents and a challenge of accepting a child in a family. A longitudinal stripes’ technique was applied for the survey. The main device thereat was the Questionnaire of motivation for accepting the child in a family» (Oslon V.N.). Dynamics of alterations to motivation in 56 trainees at the Foster Parents School has being traced for 1.5 months.