An Investigation of Empathic Skills of Foster Families, Turkey Running Title: Empathic Skills of Foster Families, Turkey

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dc.contributor.authorVural, Bilgin Kiray
dc.contributor.authorKorukcu, Ozlem
dc.contributor.authorAral, Neriman
dc.contributor.authorKorukcu, Gokhan
dc.date.accessioned2025-03-23T19:37:55Z
dc.date.available2025-03-23T19:37:55Z
dc.date.issued2014
dc.departmentSinop Üniversitesi
dc.description5th World Conference on Psychology, Counseling and Guidance (WCPCG) -- MAY 01-03, 2014 -- Dubrovnik, CROATIA
dc.description.abstractObjectives, empathy brings people closer and facilitates communication in almost all the fields of daily life. Having been an important dimension of foster care, empathetic skills should be developed in a foster family. In this study, we aimed to determine the empathic level of the foster families. Methods, this cross-sectional study on foster families was performed in Turkey. Research data were collected from 124 fosters parents. Two instruments were used in the survey: the personal information form and the Basic Empathy Scale. The volunteers were chosen by applying a non-probability sampling method, i.e. the snowball method. The data were analyzed by using SPSS statistical software, Version 18.0. Results, The foster parents had a mean age of 48.37 +/- 9.36. Most of foster carers (89.5%) were married. 76.6% of foster families had their own biological child, among them, 29.5% had one, 54.7% had two, and 15.8% had three children. The percentage of foster families that preferred female, and male children, were 76.6%, and 23.4%, respectively. Among the children, who had been placed in foster parent households, 42.7% aged less than 3 years, 31.5% between 4-6 years, and 25.8% more than 7 years. The ratio of parents, who defined foster family concept as social responsibility, protection, ownage, and charity were 76.6%, 71.1%, 58.1%, and 45.2%, respectively. The ratio of those, who thought that to be a foster carer matured a person, was 62.9%, whereas the ratio of those, who emphasized that they became role model for their environment, was 77.4%. The subjects were asked to empathize with the relevant biological families, and that 59.7% gave first priority to I want to be sure about my child's safety, 29.8% to I want to be sure that my child is in good hands, 7.3% to I want to see that my child is valued. Also 56.5% of foster families pointed out that they were disturbed by the idea that one they the child might be sent back to his/her biological family. General Cronbach's alpha co-efficient of the instrument was found to be.76. The cognitive empathy of sub-factors was found to be .78, and the emotional empathy of the sub-factors was .62. Basic Empathy Scale average points were 71.5 +/- 9.76 in the parents. The mean cognitive empathy was 34.49 +/- 5.79, and the mean emotional empathy was 37.03 +/- 6.08. (C) 2014 The Authors. Published by Elsevier Ltd.
dc.identifier.doi10.1016/j.sbspro.2014.12.427
dc.identifier.endpage576
dc.identifier.issn1877-0428
dc.identifier.scopusqualityN/A
dc.identifier.startpage570
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.1016/j.sbspro.2014.12.427
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/11486/6048
dc.identifier.volume159
dc.identifier.wosWOS:000360314800110
dc.identifier.wosqualityN/A
dc.indekslendigikaynakWeb of Science
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherElsevier Science Bv
dc.relation.ispartof5th World Conference On Psychology, Counseling and Guidance, Wcpcg-2014
dc.relation.publicationcategoryKonferans Öğesi - Uluslararası - Kurum Öğretim Elemanı
dc.rightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess
dc.snmzKA_WOS_20250323
dc.subjectFoster family
dc.subjectFoster children
dc.subjectEmpathy
dc.titleAn Investigation of Empathic Skills of Foster Families, Turkey Running Title: Empathic Skills of Foster Families, Turkey
dc.typeConference Object

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