This article reports on one of the objectives of a larger study aiming at the development of an adolescent risk-behavior management program for foster parents. The objective relevant to this article entailed the exploration of parenting behaviors and attitudes of parents fostering adolescents presenting with risk behavior. The respondents were recruited from the clientele of designated welfare organizations in the North West Province of South Africa. A quantitative survey using the multi-dimensional Parental Style Dimension Questionnaire (PSDQ) was administered to a purposive sample of 150 respondents. A response rate of 64.5% was achieved, with only foster mothers participating in the study. Data analysis was done by the Statistical Consultation Services of the North-West University (Potchefstroom Campus) using IBM SPSS Statistics Version 25, Release 25.0 SPSS. In addition, T-Tests and ANOVAs were used to test the hypothesis at a 0.05 level of significance and Spearman’s correlations examine correlations between sub-scale scores and biographical data. Sub-scales of the PSDQ were tested for internal consistency reliability and reasonable coefficients were rendered, except for the permissive parenting style scale that was excluded from analysis. The results showed a significant, positive correlation between authoritative and authoritarian parenting styles amongst the respondents. Parental attitudes and responses to risk behavior significantly affected their actual behavior towards fostered adolescents presenting with risk behavior. The researchers concluded that consideration of parenting styles in the foster care relationship context will greatly determine the nature of further interventions.

本文报告了一项旨在为养父母制定青少年风险行为管理计划的大型研究的目标之一。与本文相关的目标是探索父母养育有危险行为的青少年的养育行为和态度。受访者是从南非西北省指定福利组织的客户中招募的。使用多维父母风格维度问卷 (PSDQ) 对 150 名受访者的目的样本进行了定量调查。达到了 64.5% 的响应率，只有养母参与了这项研究。数据分析由西北大学（Potchefstroom 校区）的统计咨询服务部使用 IBM SPSS Statistics Version 25 完成，发布 25.0 SPSS。此外，使用 T 检验和 ANOVA 以 0.05 的显着性水平检验假设，Spearman 相关性检查子量表分数和传记数据之间的相关性。PSDQ 的子量表进行了内部一致性可靠性测试，并呈现了合理的系数，除了被排除在分析之外的宽容养育方式量表。结果表明，在受访者中，权威型和专制型养育方式之间存在显着的正相关关系。父母的态度和对危险行为的反应显着影响了他们对有危险行为的寄养青少年的实际行为。