The Differences Among Attachment, Psychosocial Wellbeing and Academic Achievement Motivation of Foster Children and Their Socio-Demographic Variables in Save Our Soul Enfants Ethiope, Burayu Orphanage Vocational Training and Production Center (SOS EE BOVT

Abstract

The general objective of this study was to explore the differences among attachment, psychosocial wellbeing and academic achievement motivation of foster children and their socio-demographic variables in SOS EE BOVTPC. Both quantitative and qualitative methods were employed to achieve the research objectives. The participants were: 134 foster children for quantitative methods and six foster families and six foster children for qualitative methods. The participants were selected using stratified random sampling technique, while the six foster families and the six foster children were purposefully taken as a sample. The self-report version of the Relationship Structures (ECR-RS) questionnaire, the Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire (SDQ) for children age ranging above 11, the Achievement Motivation Inventory (AMI), and semi-structured interviews instruments were administered. Data from the quantitative survey were analyzed using mean score, standard deviation, independent t-test, and one way ANOVA. The qualitative data were analyzed using inductive thematic analysis. Independent T-test for group mean difference revealed that there was no significant difference in female and male foster children attachment, psychosocial wellbeing, and academic achievement motivation. On the other hand, there were significant difference in task orientation and anxious attachment of foster children who live with married and single parents. ANOVA result indicated that, the avoidance attachment shows a significant difference in the educational levels of foster parents. However, there were no differences in the overall psychosocial wellbeing of foster children and foster families educational levels. Nonetheless, the overall academic achievement motivation has shown significant differences between each educational level of foster children. This indicated that the organization should give emphasize for the improvement of their weakness. Keywords : Academic Achievement Motivation, Attachment, Psychosocial Wellbeing DOI: 10.7176/NMMC/94-01 Publication date: December 31 st 2020