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Magalhães, E., Costa, P., D'Eça, L., Matoso, M., Pinto, V. S., Ferreira, S....Graça, J. (2025). Profiles of adults most likely to become a foster family: A latent profile analysis. Child Abuse and Neglect. 165

E. V. Magalhães et al.,  "Profiles of adults most likely to become a foster family: A latent profile analysis", in Child Abuse and Neglect, vol. 165, 2025

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	author = "Magalhães, E. and Costa, P. and D'Eça, L. and Matoso, M. and Pinto, V. S. and Ferreira, S. and Baptista, J. and Graça, J.",
	title = "Profiles of adults most likely to become a foster family: A latent profile analysis",
	journal = "Child Abuse and Neglect",
	year = "2025",
	volume = "165",
	number = "",
	doi = "10.1016/j.chiabu.2025.107486",
	url = "https://www.sciencedirect.com/journal/child-abuse-and-neglect"
}

TY  - JOUR
TI  - Profiles of adults most likely to become a foster family: A latent profile analysis
T2  - Child Abuse and Neglect
VL  - 165
AU  - Magalhães, E.
AU  - Costa, P.
AU  - D'Eça, L.
AU  - Matoso, M.
AU  - Pinto, V. S.
AU  - Ferreira, S.
AU  - Baptista, J.
AU  - Graça, J.
PY  - 2025
SN  - 0145-2134
DO  - 10.1016/j.chiabu.2025.107486
UR  - https://www.sciencedirect.com/journal/child-abuse-and-neglect
AB  - Background
The shortage of foster families to protect maltreated children requires urgent and effective solutions supported by theoretical and evidence-based frameworks. However, most research has focused only on the perspective of foster parents and has not been theoretically grounded. To the best of our knowledge, profiles of prospective foster families with representative samples from the general population have not yet been identified.
Objective
The current study aimed to identify the profile(s) of Portuguese adults most likely to become a foster family through latent profile analysis, exploring socio-demographic variables and factors related to capability, opportunity, and motivation (COM-B model) as predictors of profile membership.
Participants and methods
A representative sample of 1082 adults (Portugal) completed a survey comprising several self-report measures aligned with the theoretical dimensions of the COM-B model.
Results
The results revealed three profiles: Ready Responders (highest scores on awareness, willingness, and intention), Willing Waverers (high scores on willingness and moderate scores on awareness and intention), and Reluctant Bystanders (lowest scores on all indicators). Having children, contact with the child protection system, conscientiousness, social well-being, parental self-efficacy, family communication, and family-related, self-oriented, and child-centered reasons were significant predictors of profile membership.
Conclusions
These findings highlight the value of theory-informed profiling to inform targeted recruitment strategies for prospective foster families.
ER  -