Girls and women singles’ attitude toward child adoption and its social influencing variables

The phenomenon of childbearing or adoption in Iran has always existed in various forms since a long time ago. According to the Recent Adoption Law approved in 1392, eligible girls and single women can also legally adopt homeless and parentless children. A question is raised concerning the socio-cultural features affecting the attitude of the aforesaid community towards child adoption. The objective of the research is to measure the attitudes of 30- to 50-year-old girls and single women living in Tehran towards adopting homeless and parent less children. The applied purpose of the project is to identify the factors affecting the attitude of the research population in order to identify and reduce the different barriers and increase the factors affecting the attitude towards the child adoption. The survey method is a correlational type. 365 people out of whom were selected by random sampling based on Krejcie and Morgan Table. The content and facial validity of the questionnaire has been confirmed. According to the findings of the study, the factors of religiosity and membership in the non-institutional reference group (in terms of mental and psychological problems) have had, respectively, the highest and the least effect on the attitude towards child adoption.