Parental images of potential adopters: an empirical study
The results of empirical study on the relations between characteristics of parental images and the severity of psychopathology and motivation of adoption at adoptive parents. Impact of the features of parental identity, which is the result of identification with parental images on the future quality of the foster family has been justified. The basic motives of adoption have been identified and the motivation, that is unfavourable in terms of the quality of the foster family, has been highlighted.