Predicting success in foster placement: the contribution of parent-child temperament characteristics.
Parent and child temperament variables were examined in an interactive "goodness of fit" model with respect to foster placement outcome. The "mismatch" of a rigid foster mother and a child of negative mood was found to be predictive of less successful placement outcome, as was the placement of a child of more negative mood than expected by the foster mother.
Doelling
J L
JL
Department of Clinical and Health Psychology, University of Florida, Gainesville.
Johnson
J H
JH
D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D005581:Foster Home Care / Q000523:psychology*; D006801:Humans; D007206:Individuality; D008297:Male; D009034:Mother-Child Relations; D010287:Parent-Child Relations; D010556:Personality Tests; D011379:Prognosis; D013694:Temperament