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Albrecht, Sabina. "Intercountry Adoption: A Swiss Perspective." Master's thesis, University of Cape Town, 2014. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/4678.
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After some introductory comments the paper first looks at the history and evolution of intercountry adoption and then considers possible risks and abuses in the process in the second part. The third part explores international legislation and procedural guidelines governing the practice of intercountry adoptions, beginning with the respective declarations and international instruments and in particular looking at the principles set out in the CRC and the Hague Convention. The way the international law in question is implemented by states is addressed primarily by using Swiss national law as an example in the fourth part of the paper, touching on questions of prevention and control. By assessing the effects of international and national legislation on the practice of intercountry adoption the paper finally tries to reach a conclusion on the contested issue of intercountry adoption especially from a Swiss perspective.
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Shura, Robin. "Intercountry Adoption: A Theoretical Analysis." Cleveland, Ohio : Case Western Reserve University, 2010. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=case1253849386.
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Thesis (Ph.D.)--Case Western Reserve University, 2010Title from PDF (viewed on 01 October 2009) Department of Sociology Includes abstract Includes bibliographical references Available online via the OhioLINK ETD Center
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Hepp, Bethany Willis. "Building transnational families adoptive parents' perceptions of the international adoption experience /." Access to citation, abstract and download form provided by ProQuest Information and Learning Company; downloadable PDF file, 126 p, 2007. http://proquest.umi.com/pqdweb?did=1338922631&sid=8&Fmt=2&clientId=8331&RQT=309&VName=PQD.
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Penner, Erica E. "Comparative analysis of international child adoption practices and policies in Korea and China." Thesis, McGill University, 1997. http://digitool.Library.McGill.CA:80/R/?func=dbin-jump-full&object_id=26660.
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Intercountry adoption (ICA) is growing in controversy as it grows in popularity. While heart-warming stories of families with babies from abroad dominate the media coverage on this subject, this represents only a small segment of the entire situation. Using Korea and China as case examples, this thesis extensively reviews and analyzes policy and the cultural, social, economic and political layers of the ICA mechanism from a political-economy perspective and argues that children are treated as commodities in both supplying and receiving countries. ICA is used by governments to solve internal social problems while promoting international relations. The thesis concludes that only a small number of children and parents actually benefit from ICA and the majority of persons involved--unadopted children in both countries, birth parents and some adoptive applicants--do not gain from ICA and may actually experience suffering as a result of it.
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Stephens, Catherine R. "The Hague Convention on the Protection of Children and Co-operation in Respect of Inter-Country Adoption : an analysis /." Full-text of dissertation on the Internet (117 KB), 2009. http://www.lib.jmu.edu/general/etd/2009/Honors/Stephens_CatherineR/stephecr_honors_12-10-2009.pdf.
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Cournoyer, Louise. "The experience of parents in forming a relationship with their older adopted children from Russia or other former Soviet Union countries /." Burnaby B.C. : Simon Fraser University, 2005. http://ir.lib.sfu.ca/handle/1892/2325.
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Fenton-Glynn, Claire Ellen. "Children's rights in intercountry adoption : a European perspective." Thesis, University of Cambridge, 2013. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.648315.
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Mezmur, Benyam Dawit. "Intercountry adoption in an African context: A legal perspective." Thesis, University of the Western Cape, 2009. http://etd.uwc.ac.za/index.php?module=etd&action=viewtitle&id=gen8Srv25Nme4_6934_1378888793.
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The focus of this research is the experiences of patients with regard to social and health services factors that contribute to delays in seeking treatment for tuberculosis. The goal of this
research study was to do an explorative study in order to establish the experiences of patients with regard to social and health services factors that contribute to delays in seeking treatment for Tuberculosis. The objectives to meet the goal were an exploration and description of patients&rsquo
experiences with regards to social and health service factors contributing to delays in seeking
treatment for Tuberculosis. Another goal was to make recommendations on social and health service factors that contribute to patients&rsquo
delays in seeking treatment based on the findings. The research study had been of a qualitative nature exploring patients&rsquo
experiences of social and health services factors that contribute to delays in seeking treatment for Tuberculosis. Qualitative
research was used in this study using semi-structured interviews with an interview guide. Data analysis was done according to the eight steps as recorded in Tesch in Creswell (1994: 155). The
findings of this research were or include social factors contributing to patients&rsquo
delays in seeking treatment for TB. There were four categories related to social factors namely socio-economic,
substance abuse, psycho-social and interpersonal relations factors. The findings also indicated that there were health service factors contributing to patients&rsquo
delay in seeking treatment for TB.
These include quality of health care services, attitudes of medical staff and other medical conditions treatment. It was concluded that social and health services, as mentioned indeed contribute to patients&rsquo
delays in seeking treatment for Tuberculosis. Recommendations for practice included better case detection, treatment and health education. In order to address the various social
factors as described above it is necessary to treat TB holistically and include a social worker as part of the multidisciplinary team.
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Sargent, Sarah. "The best interests of the child in intercountry adoption : a constructivist and comparative account." Thesis, De Montfort University, 2009. http://hdl.handle.net/2086/3535.
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This thesis examines the motivations for states to become involved in intercountry adoption. This includes both states that send children in intercountry adoption and states that receive children. The thesis explores the dynamic cycle of events that lead states to intercountry adoption participation. It then explores the ramifications of those for the application and interpretation of the ‘best interests of the child’ standard. This thesis includes empirical work through data gathered by interviews and analysed by constructivist grounded theory methodology. It also includes a comparative analysis of seven different states involved in intercountry adoption. The comparative analysis is again undertaken with the use of constructivist grounded theory methodology. The thesis presents a theory that explains state motivation to engage in intercountry adoption and the effects that these have on the normative meaning that is given to the ‘best interests of the child’ legal standard when used in intercountry adoption. This thesis makes an original contribution of knowledge by examining the motivation of states to enter into intercountry adoption and providing a theory that traces the pathways of how states become involved. It makes further original contributions to knowledge by examining how these motivations impact the normative meaning given to the standard in domestic, international and transnational settings. Yet another original contribution to knowledge is in providing a theory and network map of the normative meanings that are ascribed to the standard in an intercountry adoption setting.
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Davis, Marielle. "Parental experiences of intercountry adoption : an interpretative phenomenological analysis study." Thesis, University of Hertfordshire, 2009. http://hdl.handle.net/2299/2932.
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Intercountry adoption, where children are born in one country and adopted by families in another country, has become an increasing global phenomenon (Scherman & Harré, 2004). As indicated by a review of the literature, the research in relation to intercountry adoptees provides contradictory findings in almost every area. However, since there is some evidence to suggest that a proportion of intercountry adoptees are at greater risk of developing mental health difficulties (Van Ijzendoorn & Juffer, 2006) further research, particularly in the UK, is required. As Anjudo (1988) posits, parents are their children‟s major reference group, and this research is therefore aimed at exploring the experience of parenting an intercountry adoptee. A qualitative approach, Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis (Smith, 1996) was chosen as the most suitable methodology. This approach aims to explore in detail how participants are making sense of their world, and the meanings that experiences hold for them. Semi-structured interviews were conducted with six participants who had accessed or were accessing support from a specialist Adoption and Fostering team. The analysis of the transcribed verbatim accounts yielded four super-ordinate themes; „the importance of resolve and tenacity‟, „blood versus water‟, „weathering the storm of parenthood‟ and „the complexity of cultivating a heritage‟. The results were consistent with some of the existing theoretical, research and clinical literature. Additionally they also provided some new areas for consideration such as the emotional difficulties in negotiating the process of intercountry adoption. Additionally, areas for future research were proposed. Due to the small sample size, implications and recommendations are considered tentatively and include (1) prospective intercountry adoptive parents would benefit from the provision of pre and post-adoption supportive groups, (2) intercountry adoptive families would benefit from greater availability of multi-disciplinary specialist teams to address their needs, (3) there is a role for cultural consultants to aid both adoptive parents and professionals in their work with intercountry adoptive families. Since the number of children internationally who need new families continues to increase it is important to continue to find improved ways to support intercountry adoptive families.
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Young, Alexandra Robin. "Families of Choice: A qualitative study of Australian families formed through intercountry adoption." Thesis, The University of Sydney, 2009. http://hdl.handle.net/2123/6037.
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Recent sociological literature on family life focuses on the apparently increasing scope for individual choice in forming meaningful, intimate relationships. One important arena for the exercise of such choice is adoption, which is increasingly taking place across national boundaries, taking the form of intercountry adoption. Little attention, however, has been paid to this aspect of contemporary family life by these broader accounts of family change. The research which deals specifically with intercountry adoption focuses on the development and trends of the practice as well as outcome studies, often undertaken in the fields of social work and psychology, and there is little research which investigates the interaction between the general trends in family structure and intercountry adoption. This study responds to these gaps in the literature by examining the experiences of individuals choosing to form families through intercountry adoption in the Australian social policy environment. Documentary evidence was used to understand the development of Australian intercountry adoption and provide the historical and social policy context for the qualitative component of the study. Semi-structured in-depth interviews were conducted to develop an understanding of the choice participants made to form their family through intercountry adoption, and to examine how the state manages this area of social policy. My study found that individuals choose to form families through intercountry adoption because children are a crucial means by which they can add meaning to their lives and intimate relationships by providing another human being to love and nurture. This child focus was seen as ‘natural’ and, for some, as an inevitable extension of their relationship. The research also generated findings about the nature of relationships within intercountry adoptive families and the factors which influence how these families are different from biological families. The complex policy environment in Australia creates difficulties for individuals negotiating the system and diversity in legislation and practice among states results in an unclear policy orientation. The movement of children across international boundaries, while not new, has been influenced by a number of global forces including improved transport, enactment of international treaties, media coverage and the introduction of the internet. These advances have resulted in increased knowledge and access to information about intercountry adoption and a more developed understanding of how the process operates in other countries, which impacts on the experience of the process in Australia. The sociological account of family formation involving intercountry adoption in Australia that I have developed in this thesis confirms that relationships of choice are being formed in postmodern society, despite messages from a variety of authorities regarding family life which are often mixed, contradictory and dominated by particular family types, rather than by the concept of choice. My study differs from existing studies on intercountry adoption in its achievement of an account of the personal experiences of the intercountry adoption process and family life that links the two together, to show both how broader issues in postmodern family formation structure intercountry adoption, and how intercountry adoption constitutes a vital element of contemporary family formation.
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Young, Alexandra Robin. "Families of Choice: A qualitative study of Australian families formed through intercountry adoption." University of Sydney, 2009. http://hdl.handle.net/2123/6037.
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Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)Recent sociological literature on family life focuses on the apparently increasing scope for individual choice in forming meaningful, intimate relationships. One important arena for the exercise of such choice is adoption, which is increasingly taking place across national boundaries, taking the form of intercountry adoption. Little attention, however, has been paid to this aspect of contemporary family life by these broader accounts of family change. The research which deals specifically with intercountry adoption focuses on the development and trends of the practice as well as outcome studies, often undertaken in the fields of social work and psychology, and there is little research which investigates the interaction between the general trends in family structure and intercountry adoption. This study responds to these gaps in the literature by examining the experiences of individuals choosing to form families through intercountry adoption in the Australian social policy environment. Documentary evidence was used to understand the development of Australian intercountry adoption and provide the historical and social policy context for the qualitative component of the study. Semi-structured in-depth interviews were conducted to develop an understanding of the choice participants made to form their family through intercountry adoption, and to examine how the state manages this area of social policy. My study found that individuals choose to form families through intercountry adoption because children are a crucial means by which they can add meaning to their lives and intimate relationships by providing another human being to love and nurture. This child focus was seen as ‘natural’ and, for some, as an inevitable extension of their relationship. The research also generated findings about the nature of relationships within intercountry adoptive families and the factors which influence how these families are different from biological families. The complex policy environment in Australia creates difficulties for individuals negotiating the system and diversity in legislation and practice among states results in an unclear policy orientation. The movement of children across international boundaries, while not new, has been influenced by a number of global forces including improved transport, enactment of international treaties, media coverage and the introduction of the internet. These advances have resulted in increased knowledge and access to information about intercountry adoption and a more developed understanding of how the process operates in other countries, which impacts on the experience of the process in Australia. The sociological account of family formation involving intercountry adoption in Australia that I have developed in this thesis confirms that relationships of choice are being formed in postmodern society, despite messages from a variety of authorities regarding family life which are often mixed, contradictory and dominated by particular family types, rather than by the concept of choice. My study differs from existing studies on intercountry adoption in its achievement of an account of the personal experiences of the intercountry adoption process and family life that links the two together, to show both how broader issues in postmodern family formation structure intercountry adoption, and how intercountry adoption constitutes a vital element of contemporary family formation.
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Cheng, Emily. "Sentimental journey transnational adoption from China and Post-World War II U.S. liberalism /." Connect to a 24 p. preview or request complete full text in PDF format. Access restricted to UC campuses, 2007. http://wwwlib.umi.com/cr/ucsd/fullcit?p3263454.
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Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of California, San Diego, 2007.Title from first page of PDF file (viewed July 18, 2007). Available via ProQuest Digital Dissertations. Vita. Includes bibliographical references (p. 196-203).
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Armah, Collins. "The Perspectives of African Immigrants in Sweden on Intercountry Child Adoption." Thesis, Linköpings universitet, Tema Barn, 2010. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:liu:diva-60528.
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The views of minority groups who speak on behalf of adopted children in Western countries like Sweden have relevance with regards to enriching the international adoption discourse; and to inform adoption policies in both sending and receiving countries. This study aimed at seeking the views of African immigrants in Sweden on intercountry adoption with the objective of bringing out the meanings they create on the major themes involved to enrich the international adoption debate and to inform policy formation. In all, twenty (20) participants who were grouped into Six (6) focus groups participated. There were mixed opinions on various themes involved. Some of their perspectives were consistent with previous political discourses on adoptions and others were not. These were discussed in the analysis accordingly. Contrary to international conventions, participants showed much relevance to intercountry adoption as against incountry adoption. However, there were predominant views in support of child adoption that is well regulated.
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Sempowicz, Tracey A. "Examining the primary school experiences of intercountry adoptees : perspectives of adoptive parents and children." Thesis, Queensland University of Technology, 2017. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/104288/1/Tracey_Sempowicz_Thesis.pdf.
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Intercountry adoptees represent a minority group in Australian schools. This research reveals that the majority of children appear to adjust well and have positive school experiences. It also shows, however, that the impact of attachment disruption and complex trauma on these children’s development and subsequent school experience may not be understood by school personnel. This qualitative multicase study uses attachment, trauma, child development and social constructionist theories to examine the primary school experiences of intercountry adoptees, from the perspectives of adoptive parents and their children. This study recommends a “Consultative Partners” Model for managing the intercountry adoptee’s school experience which makes better use of available social resources and places the child at the centre of policy and practice considerations in schools.
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Fogle, Evelyn Wright. "Language socialization in the internationally adoptive family identities, second languages, and learning /." Connect to Electronic Thesis (CONTENTdm), 2009. http://worldcat.org/oclc/460562377/viewonline.
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Bryant, Monica Raye. "Decision Making and the Adoption Process for American Families of Chinese Children: An Application of Rational Choice Theory." Thesis, Virginia Tech, 2001. http://hdl.handle.net/10919/32411.
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Interviews were conducted with 20 parents in the US who have adopted one or more children from China. The study focuses on the motivation to adopt, decision making regarding adoption and the process in relation to rational choice theory. The interviews also inquired about their required adoption trip to China and the post-adoption adjustment phase including bonding and developmental delays, as well as about why families chose to adopt from China, how they learned about the adoption agency they used and whether or not they knew families that had adopted internationally and more specifically from China. This information provided insight into the way that families obtained information that helped them reach important decisions throughout the adoption process.Master of Science
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Scherman, Rhoda M. "Intercountry adoption of Eastern European children in New Zealand: Issues of culture." Thesis, University of Auckland, 2006. http://wwwlib.umi.com/dissertations/fullcit/3214157.
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Virtually all of the research on the ethnic identity development of children in intercountry adoption (ICA) has been on transracial adoptions (TRA). Little is known about the ethnic socialisation of internationally adopted children, raised in racially similar adoptive homes. Within the TRA literature, it has been found that transracially adopted children tend to ethnically identify with the white majority culture. That tendency has also been linked to adoptive parents' attitudes about the birth culture, and speculation that most parents are assimilating their children to the dominant culture. Research on TRA has also revealed that despite low ethnic identification, most adoptees score highly on indices of self-concept. In the present study, 162 New Zealand adoptive families of European descent, with children adopted predominately from Eastern Europe, were surveyed concerning their experiences and attitudes about the importance of their children's birth culture. Results from the surveys showed that the majority of families engaged in a range of cultural activities, and made efforts to socialise with people of their child's birth ethnicity. In addition, most of the adoptive parents expressed a desire that their children ethnically identify with the birth culture, as well as with the New Zealand culture. Almost all of the families researched the birth country before travelling to collect their children, and most parents kept part or all of their child's original name. A sub-sample of 52 of the adopted children was also interviewed in a second phase of the study. Measures of ethnic identity were obtained, using the Multigroup Ethnic Identity Measure (Phinney, 1992), as were adjustment scores, using the Piers-Harris Children's Self-Concept Scale (Piers, 1984). Findings revealed that overall, the children had moderate identification with the birth culture, and moderate to high self-concept scores, which were not correlated with one another other. From the parent surveys, a scale was derived to assess the parent's sensitivity to culture. Known as the 'Cultural Sensitivity Measure' (CSM), this score was statistically compared to the children's ethnic identity scores, to test the assumption that the parents' attitudes about the birth culture would influence the children's ethnic identification with the birth culture. While the parents had moderate sensitivity scores, no relationship was found between the parents CSM scores and the children's MEIM scores. Overall, these findings suggest that the internationally adopted children in New Zealand are well adjusted, interested in their ethnic origins, and being parented by New Zealanders who support the children's interest in their birth culture. Future areas of research were identified, and recommendations to families, professionals and policymakers were offered.
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Myers, Kit. "Love and violence in transracial/national adoption." Diss., [La Jolla] : University of California, San Diego, 2009. http://wwwlib.umi.com/cr/ucsd/fullcit?p1464667.
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Thesis (M.A.)--University of California, San Diego, 2009.Title from first page of PDF file (viewed July 2, 2009). Available via ProQuest Digital Dissertations. Includes bibliographical references (p. 157-167).
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Cao, Wei. "Children of "A dream come true" d identities of children adopted from China /." University of Cincinnati / OhioLINK, 2004. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1092776297.
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Жура, О. М. "Міжнародне усиновлення: проблемні аспекти." Thesis, Сумський державний університет, 2013. http://essuir.sumdu.edu.ua/handle/123456789/33987.
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Складна соціально-економічна ситуація, яка, на жаль, склалася в українському суспільстві негативно впливає на один із найважливіших його складових – українські сім'ї. Саме сімейні проблеми та конфлікти спричинюють значну кількість негативних явищ, зокрема біологічне та соціальне сирітство. Україна на сьогоднішній день являється державою – донором щодо процесу усиновлення. Щороку закордонні держави всиновлюють близько двох тисяч українських дітей–сиріт. Суспільство як і політики неоднозначні в існуванні в Україні такого інституту як міждержавного усиновлення: одні вбачають таке усиновлення торгівлею дітьми, інші – порятунком для найбеззахиснішої категорії населення.
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Mellor, Sharon Jean. "The use of drawings for rapport building with international adoptees and parents." CSUSB ScholarWorks, 2000. https://scholarworks.lib.csusb.edu/etd-project/1691.
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"The influx of children adopted into the United States from other countries has increased the need for social workers experienced in practice techniques that asssist in building rapport between the parents and children in these newly formed families. This study explored the use of employing the kinetic family drawing as a tool to build rapport between parents and children. This was an exploratory multiple case design. Six families participated in the process of drawing a picture of their family engaged in an activity together. It was anticipated that the drawings would be an effective tool to build rapport between parent and child."
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Rushwaya, Chipo Irene. "A critical analysis of the legislative framework regulating intercountry adoption in South Africa and Ghana." Master's thesis, University of Cape Town, 2014. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/9176.
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Includes bibliographical references.There are millions of children worldwide without parental care, families and homes. The HIV/AIDS pandemic, civil wars and poverty among other factors have contributed to the population of millions of orphans and destitute children in Africa. The Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC) provides that ‘a child temporarily or permanently deprived of his or her family environment, or in whose best interests cannot be allowed to remain in that environment, shall be entitled to special protection and assistance by the State.’ Thus, States Parties have an obligation to provide alternative care for such children in accordance with their national law. Such care includes ‘foster placement, kafalah of Islamic law, adoption and placement in suitable institutions.’ The CRC also recognizes intercountry adoption as one of the many possible solutions to children deprived of a family environment or parental care. However, it is only considered as a last resort if the child cannot be cared for in the country of origin.
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Mullin, Elizabeth M. "Ethnic identity development in inter-country adopted early adolescent girls /." Connect to online version, 2006. http://ada.mtholyoke.edu/setr/websrc/pdfs/www/2006/177.pdf.
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Fago, Felicia J. "Impact of Prenatal Alcohol Exposure and Pre-adoption Placement on School-age Functioning of Intercountry-Adopted Children." Case Western Reserve University School of Graduate Studies / OhioLINK, 2012. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=case1333558274.
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Rosenwald, Geertruda. "The well-being and identities of 14- to 26-year-old intercountry adoptees and their non-adopted migrant peers in Western Australia." Thesis, Edith Cowan University, Research Online, Perth, Western Australia, 2009. https://ro.ecu.edu.au/theses/13.
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Intercountry adoption is a globally politicised institution that triggers strong discourses about whether transplantation to a markedly different country and culture, often into families with racially different parents, negatively affects the children ' s well-being and identity. Although empirical intercountry adoption research has increased elsewhere, Australian-based research has lagged behind. This thesis presents a body of evidence about the well-being and identity of over half the population of 14- to 26-year-old intercountry adoptees in Western Australia, how their well-being changed from 1994 to 2004, how they compare with non-adopted migrant peers and the influence of risk and threat factors. In 2004, participants consisted of 110 intercountry adoptees, three partners, 120 adoptive parents of 160 adoptees, 80 migrant peers and 44 parents of 56 peers. Data were collected by mail survey. From theoretical perspectives in subjective well-being, identity processes and transracial adoption, well-being was examined in terms of physical health, happiness, satisfaction with life and adoption/migration, self-esteem, self-efficacy, competence and adaptive and problem behaviours. Identity was examined in terms of adoptive/migrant status, heritage, community membership, ethnicity, culture, race and place.
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Kim, Kang-Il. "A relational model of understanding adult Korean adoptees' ethnic identity formation in the United States." Fort Worth, Tex. : Texas Christian University, 2008. http://etd.tcu.edu/etdfiles/available/etd-05072008-080252/unrestricted/kim.pdf.
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Thesis (Ph.D.)--Brite Divinity School, Texas Christian University, 2008.Title from dissertation title page (viewed May 13, 2008). Includes abstract. "Dissertation presented to the Faculty of the Brite Divinity School in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy in Pastoral Theology and Pastoral Counseling." Includes bibliographical references.
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Hoffman, Katie Rachelle. "Beyond a two-tier service? : exploring agency and parent experiences, expectations and perspectives of support in intercountry adoption." Thesis, University of Kent, 2011. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.589953.
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Intercountry adoption in the UK has historically been a small-scale practice, 'tolerated' at best, virtually unregulated and arguably privatized in nature. With the primary purpose of enabling the ratification of the Hague Convention on Protection of Children and Co-operation in Respect of Intercountry Adoption, the Adoption (Intercountry Aspects) Act 1999 also aimed to place ICA on equal footing with domestic adoption by applying to it the adoption procedures and services prescribed by the Adoption and Children Act 2002 and its subsequent regulations. However, in the context of an over-burdened national care system, discriminating policy provisions, struggles between ideological support and opposition and a well- established national ICA support community, it appears that the 'two-tier system' has not yet been eliminated, particularly with regard to post-placement support. While adoption legislation has further embedded the provision of support services into the local authority adoption service, in recognition of the challenges of reparative or therapeutic parenting, it is unclear to what extent New Labour's 'third way' family policy ideals of prevention and early intervention include the outcomes of children adopted from overseas. Thus, this study aimed to determine the status of ICA within this policy framework, with consideration of the appropriateness and availability of services for intercountry adoptive families, factors which impact parents' service use and preferences a.nd perceptions of claims and entitlements to services among both families and service providers. As research into adoption support for intercountry adoptive families in the UK, both in the past and present, is limited, this thesis offers much-needed insight into the implications of adoption policy for ICA.
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Wickes, Kevin Lee. "Transracial adoption : cultural identity and self concept of Korean adoptees." Virtual Press, 1993. http://liblink.bsu.edu/uhtbin/catkey/897482.
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The increase in transracial adoption in modern society has not been without some controversy over its practice. Conflicting studies, have exposed and given rise to greater sensitivity to the impact of transracial adoption on adoptees-. As noted, prior studies have indicated that Korean adoptees adjust well to their environment (Feigelman & Silverman, Kim, 1977, 1978; Simon, 1974); however, some studies indicate a negative outcome (Chestang, 1972; Chimezie, 1975) and some ethnic groups (i.e., Native Americans and The National Association of Black Social Workers) have discouraged the practice of transracial adoption. In an attempt to clarify such issues surrounding transracial adoption, the purpose of this study was to explore the impact of adoption on adult Korean adoptees.This study examined whether acculturation, assimilation, cultural identity, age of placement of Korean adoptees, and revisiting Korea play a role in self-concept. In addition, this study wanted to look at whether the positive initial adjustment found in Kim's (1977; 1978) studies continued into adulthood for Korean adoptees. Adjustment was based upon self-concept. The results from this study indicated that acculturation, assimilation, cultural identity, placement of Korean adoptees, and revisit of Korea had little influence in self-concept. As noted, the results indicated that: 1) acculturation was only related to Verbal self-concept; 2) revisiting Korea did not predict self-concept; however, cultural identity did play an important part in self concept; 3) age of placement of Korean adoptees related only to Verbal, Math, and Honesty self-concept; and 4) in general, positive adjustment based upon self-concept appeared to continue into adulthood for Korean adoptees.In summary, adjustment for Korean adoptees appeared to continue into adulthood. In addition, cultural identity appeared not to relate to Korean adoptees' self-concept. However, as noted, there needs to be further studies due to the limitations of this study, particularly the measurements.Department of Counseling Psychology and Guidance Services
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Fedosik, Marina. "Representations of transnational adoption in contemporary American literature and film." Access to citation, abstract and download form provided by ProQuest Information and Learning Company; downloadable PDF file, 226 p, 2009. http://proquest.umi.com/pqdweb?did=1818417541&sid=5&Fmt=2&clientId=8331&RQT=309&VName=PQD.
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Kibby, Helen R. "Higher Sites 101." Virtual Press, 2006. http://liblink.bsu.edu/uhtbin/catkey/1337199.
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Higher Sites has been designed as a fully functioning business. The appendix of this creative project paper includes Higher Sites' full business plan. The business plan includes projected revenue and profit for the next three years.Higher Sites 101 is a two-part DVD set designed to familiarize new Higher Sites employees with the company. Disc I explains the services that Higher Sites offers to adoptive parents. It also walks the viewer through the process of creating adoption videos using the Higher Sites method. Example videos are included. Disc II is a data DVD that includes full-screen QuickTime movies. The movies demonstrate to the viewer how to perform specific tasks in Final Cut Pro, iDVD and DVD Studio Pro. It is necessary for the viewer to watch these QuickTime movies on a monitor that is 21 inches or larger.Department of Telecommunications
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Bruwer, Esna. "Multikulturele aanneming : 'n maatskaplike werk perspektief." Thesis, Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2003. http://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/53507.
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Thesis (MA)--Stellenbosch University, 2003.Some digitised pages may appear illegible due to the condition of the original hard copy.
ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Multicultural adoption became a reality in South Africa in 1994, after the abolition of the apartheid legislation. This is therefore a relatively new and unfamiliar terrain for those social workers that specialise in adoption. A gap was identified with regard to a sufficient theoretical foundation and the absence of guidelines regarding this phenomenon in South Africa. This study was undertaken in an attempt to address this shortcoming and in order to gain more direction and clarity regarding multicultural adoption. Through a literature study an attempt was made to determine how legislation on adoption in South Africa is interpreted as well as to establish the role played by the social worker during adoption. A historical overview of adoption in South Africa is discussed as well as the current legislation that relates to multicultural adoption. With reference to the purpose of the research, the literature study also focused on a practice perspective, multicultural intervention and theories that are applicable. Furthermore the profile of parents that adopt children of another culture and the motives surrounding this, were examined during the literature study. An exploratory study was undertaken to establish the needs of parents who adopt children of another culture as well as to determine the cultural skills that social workers require in order to successfully facilitate multicultural adoptions. The ultimate purpose of the study was to formulate guidelines for social workers for multicultural adoptions. The empirical study was aimed at parents that have already adopted children of another culture and was limited to the Western Cape. The results of the empirical study confirmed the researcher's supposition that social workers should master multicultural skills in order to successfully facilitate multicultural adoptions and that a cultural awareness is imperative. Based on the study and the results, recommendations for a policy framework with regard to multicultural adoptions was formulated and guidelines and proposals for the implementation of multicultural intervention and adoption were laid down. The recommendations of this study can be used by all social workers and parents that are involved in multicultural adoptions and also by other welfare organisations and social workers.
AFRIKAANSE OPSOMMING: Multikulturele aanneming het in 1994, na die afskaffing van apartheidswetgewing, 'n werklikheid in Suid-Afrika geword. Hierdie is dus 'n redelik nuwe en onbekende terrein vir maatskaplike werkers wat in aanneming spesialiseer. 'n Leemte ten opsigte van voldoende teoretiese fundering en afwesigheid van riglyne rakende hierdie verskynsel in Suid-Afrika, is geïdentifiseer. In 'n poging om hierdie leemte aan te spreek en meer rigting en duidelikheid oor multikulturele aanneming te verkry, is hierdie ondersoek onderneem. Met die literatuurstudie is gepoog om die interpretering van wetgewing oor aanneming in Suid-Afrika te bepaal en ook die rol wat die maatskaplike werker tydens aanneming speel, vas te stel. 'n Historiese oorsig van aanneming in Suid-Afrika is bespreek en ook die huidige wetgewing wat met multikulturele aanneming verband hou. In aansluiting by die doel van die navorsing is daar ook tydens die literatuurondersoek gefokus op 'n praktykperspektief, multikulturele intervensie en teorieë wat van toepassing is. Voorts is die profiel van ouers wat kinders vanuit 'n ander kultuur aanneem en ook die motiewe daarrondom, tydens die literatuurstudie ondersoek. 'n Verkennende studie is onderneem om die behoeftes van ouers wat kinders vanuit 'n ander kultuur aanneem vas te stel, asook om te bepaal watter vaardighede vir multikulturele-intervensie maatskaplike werkers nodig het om multikulturele aannemings suksesvol te fasiliteer. Die uiteindelike doel van die ondersoek was om riglyne vir maatskaplike werkers tydens multikulturele aannemings te formuleer. Die empiriese ondersoek was op ouers wat reeds kinders vanuit 'n ander kultuur aangeneem het gerig en beperk tot die Wes-Kaap. Die resultate van die empiriese ondersoek bevestig die navorser se aanname dat maatskaplike werkers vaardighede vir multikulturele-intervensie moet bemeester vir die fasilitering van suksesvolle multikulturele aannemings en dat 'n kulturele bewustheid onontbeerlik is. Op grond van die ondersoek en resultate, is aanbevelings vir 'n beleidsraamwerk ten opsigte van multikulturele aanneming geformuleer en riglyne en voorstelle vir sodanige uitvoering van multikulturele intervensie en aanneming neergelê. Die aanbevelings van hierdie ondersoek kan deur maatskaplike werkers en ouers wat betrokke is by multikulturele aannemings en deur ander welsynsorganisasies en maatskaplike werkers gebruik word.
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Milleman, Alexander L. "PHENOMENOLOGICAL STUDY OF ADOPTIVE FATHERHOOD:DESCRIPTIONS OF LIFE SATISFACTION PROVIDED BY ADOPTIVE FATHERS BRINGING UP ADOPTED KOREAN SONS." Kent State University / OhioLINK, 2011. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=kent1312925027.
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Elmund, Anna Mi Ra. "Overrepresentation of Internationally Adopted Adolescents in Swedish §12-institutions." Doctoral thesis, Uppsala University, Department of Women's and Children's Health, 2007. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:uu:diva-7423.
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In order to study internationally adopted delinquents, internationally adopted controls, delinquent controls and an additional group of healthy non-adopted, non-delinquent controls, the following tests were used: WISC/WAIS, TOL, WCST, a questionnaire, I think I am, ISSI, an attachment test, KSP, and SCL-90. In the register study, data were obtained from the registers of The National Board of Health and Welfare and Statistics Sweden and multivariate analyses were performed using logistic regression models. Odds ratios (OR) for different forms of out-of-home care placements were calculated.
It was found that the adopted delinquents had a significantly lower full scale IQ (WISC/WAIS) and significantly lower results on several measurements in the WISC /WAIS compared to the adopted controls. In addition, both groups of adoptees scored low in the WISC/WAIS subscale arithmetics when compared to the population mean. The adopted delinquents clearly had disruptive and infectious relations to their parents which was demonstrated in I think I am, ISSI, the attachment test and the questionnaire. The adopted controls demonstrated good relations to adoptive parents. When personality and self-perception were measured and analyzed in a two-way ANOVA, the results clearly pointed to ”delinquency” as the explaining factor to the variance of the results as opposed to ”adoption”.
Finally, the regression analyses of the register data demonstrated an OR of 3.0 (after adjustments for age and sex) for placements of intercountry adoptees in residental care from age 10 and an OR of 5.1 in model 2 (after adjustments for socio-demographic background variables). More over, higher child age at adoption, origin from Latin America, single parent adoption and maternal age above 35 at birth of the child were identified as significant predictors of out-of-home care from age 10.
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Flagler, Marita Nika. "Clusters of strength a case study of the educational resilience of a post-institutionalized adopted child from Eastern Europe /." Access citation, abstract and download form; downloadable file 12.22 Mb, 2004. http://wwwlib.umi.com/dissertations/fullcit/3131698.
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Kuznetsova, Maria. "Adjustment of Families with Children Adopted from Eastern Europe." VCU Scholars Compass, 2011. http://scholarscompass.vcu.edu/etd/2556.
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The purpose of this study was to examine the adjustment of older children and adolescents adopted from Eastern Europe and the impact of their preadoption history and family’s functioning on their adjustment. This is a follow-up study of families first surveyed in 2005 with an addition of new families. One hundred and forty-five families reporting on 194 adopted children (9 to 19 years; 104 girls) participated in this study at Time 2. The project was conducted as an internet-based survey. Parents and adopted children reported on children’s emotional, behavioral and social problems (CBCL and YSR), as well as family environment (FACES-III and PEQ). Children also reported on their attachment to parents (IPPA) and their preoccupation with adoption (ADQ). Results revealed that children adopted as infants or toddlers (18 months and younger) evidenced lower problem behaviors and higher competence scores than children adopted at later ages. History of preadoption abuse and/or neglect also played a role. Children without such history scored better on all problem and competency scales than their peers with reported history of either abuse or neglect. Relationships with the adoptive parents and family environment also contributed to better adjustment in this sample of adopted children. Children from more cohesive families displayed lower levels of internalizing and externalizing problems. Additionally, less conflict between adolescents and their parents was associated with lower levels of these problems. Adolescents with higher attachment levels to their parents self-reported lower internalizing and externalizing problems. Adolescents’ interest in their adoptions is a healthy thing; however, excessive preoccupation was associated with higher levels of internalizing behaviors, such as anxiety and depression. Preoccupation with adoption was not related to externalizing behaviors, as reported by children. This study replicates findings of previous studies of intercountry adoption of children from Eastern Europe. Implications of these findings are discussed.
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Mahéo, Clémence. "Les opérateurs "faiseurs de parenté" face aux mutations et aux risque de l'adoption internationale depuis 2005." Thesis, Angers, 2018. http://www.theses.fr/2018ANGE0003/document.
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Les opérateurs de l’adoption internationale en France, c’est-à- dire les Organismes Autorisés pour l’Adoption (OAA) et l’AFA (Agence Française de l’adoption), occupent une place majeure dans le processus de l’adoption internationale. Ils détiennent le pouvoir de donner à un enfant une famille, ils sont des « faiseurs de parentés ». Les mutations de l’adoption internationale confortent l’importance de leur rôle tant dans leur responsabilité à choisir les postulants que dans leur légitimité à les accompagner tout au long de la procédure. Dans un contexte de déclin l’espace dans lequel évoluent les opérateurs, en interaction avec les différents acteurs de l’adoption internationale, devient de plus en plus concurrentiel alors que l’intérêt de l’enfant demeure le but affirmé par tous. À l’interface entre pays d’accueil et pays d’origine, entre postulants à l’adoption et enfants adoptés, les opérateurs sont pris de fait entre les logiques propres à chaque catégorie d’acteurs en présence dans un champ politique et social en constante mutation. Leur système de fonctionnement fait donc l’objet de questionnements notamment sur leurs capacités à s’adapter. Ces réflexions conduisent à s’interroger sur l’efficience des opérateurs, à redéfinir leur rôle et leur place dans leur mission d’accompagnement des adoptants et des adoptés, à réaffirmer leur responsabilitéThe accredited bodies of international adoption in France, that means Authorized Organizations for Adoption (AOA) and FAA (French Agency for Adoption) occupy a prominent place in the international adoption process. They hold the power to give to a child a family. To this end, they are “relationsmakers”. The mutations of the international adoption emphasize their place concerning their responsibility to choose applicants and their legitimate to accompany them throughout the procedure.In the context of international adoption’s decline, the space in which accredited bodies, in interaction with the different actors of the international adoption, becomes more competitive even if the stated purpose and defended by all is the best interest. Between host countries and countries of origin and between applicants and adopted children, the accredited bodies are confronted to appropriate logics for each actor who are in political field and social field which are inconstant change. Their operating system is subjected to questioning including their ability to adapt. These thoughts led to wonder about the accredited bodies’ effectiveness to redefine their role and place in thei rmonitoring mission for adopters and adopted and more specifically their responsibility
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Neagu, Mariela. "Young adults' perspectives on their experiences of different types of placement in Romania." Thesis, University of Oxford, 2017. https://ora.ox.ac.uk/objects/uuid:d1fe5a7a-bcbb-4482-b9f1-298904bf776d.
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This study explores the childhood experiences and transitions to adulthood of 39 Romanian care leavers and adoptees, born around 1989 - 1990. In the past, Romania's children in care became known to the world as 'the Romanian orphans' and some of them have been subjects to neurodevelopmental research studies focusing on the setbacks posed by institutionalisation in early life. This research project takes a different angle by: • Using life history approach and therefore capturing the participants' in-depth accounts of how they recall their childhoods and the challenges they encountered in their transition to independent life; • Exploring four different types of placements and how they affect transition to independent life, from a user's perspective. The fact that Romania undertook reform of the child protection system within the timespan of this generation of children provided a research opportunity to collect the users' views on different types of placement that belonged to the unreformed system of the 1990s (large residential care and intercountry adoption) and the new types of placement (small group homes and foster care). For comparison purposes, I also included domestic adoption, a type of placement that was less controversial than the others at the time reforms were being introduced. Thus, the types of placement that are analysed through the research participants' accounts are: • Residential care (institutions and small group homes); • Foster Care; • Domestic Adoption; • Intercountry adoption. The study addressed two research questions: 1. How do Romanian born young people who grew up in care understand and narrate their experiences in different types of placement? 2. What narratives of agency are constructed by Romanian-born adults who grew up in different types of placement when they describe their transition to adulthood? By taking an interpretive stance, this study brings in the academic arena the voices of care leavers and adoptees. By using narrative analysis and focussing on the concept of dignity by employing identity theories, the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child and the Capabilities Approach, the study makes an important contribution to knowledge, with implications for further research, policy and practice. While interventions in child protection are influenced in each country by cultural, political and socio-legal factors, understanding the basic needs of children who are not raised by their birth families is important across different child protection systems. Therefore, the relevance of the research findings is not limited to Romania.
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Abrines, Jaume Neus. "Inattention and hyperactivity in children adopted from Eastern Europe Description, causes and implications." Doctoral thesis, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, 2012. http://hdl.handle.net/10803/117613.
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S’han observat alts nivells de símptomes de TDAH (Trastorn per dèficit d’atenció i hiperactivitat) en nens/es adoptats internacionalment, però aquests nivells semblen ser encara més alts en nens/es adoptats a Europa de l’Est. No obstant, hi ha una manca d’estudis que comparin directament el nivell de símptomes de TDAH en una mostra de menors adoptats a Europa de l’Est amb mostres de menors adoptats a altres parts del món.
Els objectius d’aquesta tesi són comparar els nivells de símptomes de TDAH en una mostra de nens/es adoptats a Europa de l’Est amb una mostra de nens/es adoptats a altres països així com també examinar les interrelacions entre la presència de símptomes de TDAH i determinats factors personals i familiars com el sexe i l’edat del menor, l’edat d’adopció, el patró de vincle, nivell d’ansietat i capacitat cognitiva. Els nostres resultats confirmen que els nens/es adoptats a Europa de l’Est tenen més probabilitats de mostrar símptomes de TDAH que els nens/es adoptats a altres parts del món, segons els seus pares. Valorant els possibles factors relacionats amb l’aparició d’aquests símptomes, es va observar que tant l’edat com el patró de vincle del nen/a estaven relacionats amb el nivell de problemes d’atenció: els nens/es més grans i els que tenien un patró de vincle insegur tenien més probabilitats de mostrar inatenció. També, alts nivells d’ansietat estan relacionats amb alts nivells d’hiperactivitat/impulsivitat. Per altra banda, vam observar que ni el sexe del menor ni la seva edat d’adopció tenien cap efecte sobre l’aparició dels símptomes de TDAH.
És important tenir en compte que hi ha altres factors que podrien estar relacionats amb la presència de símptomes de TDAH i que no van ser analitzats durant aquesta investigació, com la existència d’exposició prenatal a l’alcohol, la qualitat de la cura rebuda abans de l’adopció o el patró de vincle i les expectatives dels pares adoptius. Per tant, és necessari portar a terme més recerca per tal d’entendre millor les causes d’aquests majors nivells de símptomes de TDAH en menors adoptats a Europa de l’Est. Tot i així, es suggereixen algunes aplicacions clíniques d’aquests resultats i properes àrees a investigar. És possible que els nens/es adoptats a Europa de l’Est tinguin una elevada predisposició a presentar símptomes de TDAH degut a les seves experiències pre-adoptives, però aquests símptomes poden augmentar o disminuir en funció de les experiències post-adoptives. En aquest sentit, s’hauria de proporcionar més informació i suport tant a les famílies com als mestres, cosa que els permetria entendre millor els símptomes i trobar la millor manera de treballar-los. També es necessita més recerca per avaluar l’efectivitat dels tractaments indicats per a nens/es que presenten inatenció, hiperactivitat i problemes de vincle. Tal cosa permetria la provisió del millor diagnòstic i tractament per aquests nens/es, en funció de les seves necessitats específiques i tenint en compte les característiques i la història vital de cada nen. Un dels trastorns que s’hauria de considerar durant les valoracions d’aquests menors és el Trastorn de l’Espectre Alcohòlic Fetal (FASD). Estar més informat dels seus símptomes i del seu tractament ajudaria als nens/es, famílies i mestres a adaptar les seves expectatives, treballar els símptomes i superar les dificultats. Finalment, s’hauria d’explorar millor la interacció entre la història i les característiques del nen/a adoptat i la història i característiques dels pares adoptius per tal d’ajudar millor a aquestes famíliesHigh levels of Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) symptoms have been observed among internationally adopted children but these levels seem to be even higher among children adopted from Eastern Europe. However, there is a lack of studies directly comparing ADHD symptom levels in a sample of children adopted from Eastern Europe with samples of children adopted from other regions of the world. The objectives of this thesis were to compare the levels of ADHD symptoms in a sample of children adopted from Eastern Europe with a sample of children adopted from other countries and also to examine the interrelations between the display of ADHD symptoms and selected personal and family factors such as sex and age of the child, age at adoption, attachment pattern, anxiety levels and cognitive competence. Our results confirmed that children adopted from Eastern Europe are more likely to show ADHD symptoms than children adopted from other regions of the world, according to their parents’ opinion. When looking at possible factors related to the display of these symptoms, we observed that the age and the attachment pattern of the child were related to the level of attention problems: children who were older or who had an insecure attachment were more likely to show inattention. Also, higher levels of anxiety were related to higher levels of hyperactivity/impulsivity. On the other hand, we found that neither the sex of the children nor their age at adoption had any effect on the display of ADHD symptoms. It is important to consider that there are other factors that might be related to the display of ADHD symptoms and were not analysed in this research, such as the existence of prenatal alcohol exposure, the quality of pre-adoptive care or the attachment pattern and expectations of the adoptive parents. Therefore, further research is required to best understand the causes of higher levels of ADHD symptoms in children adopted from Eastern Europe. Nevertheless, we suggest some clinical applications of these results and further areas of research. Children adopted from Eastern Europe might have a higher predisposition to show ADHD symptoms due to their pre-adoptive experiences but these symptoms can be exacerbated or diminished depending on the post-adoptive experiences. In this regard, more information and support should be provided to adoptive families and teachers, which would allow them to best understand the symptoms and find the best way to manage them. Also, more research assessing the effectiveness of the first line treatments in adopted children who show inattention, hyperactivity and attachment difficulties is required. This will allow for the provision of the best diagnosis and treatment for these children, according to their specific needs and taking the characteristics and their vital history into account. One of the disorders that should be considered when assessing these children is the Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD). Being more aware of its symptoms and its treatment would help children, families and teachers to adjust expectations, manage the symptoms and overcome the challenges. Finally, the interaction between the story and characteristics of the adopted child and the story and characteristics of adoptive parents should be further explored in order to best help these families
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Monico, Carmen. "IMPLICATIONS OF CHILD ABDUCTION FOR HUMAN RIGHTS AND CHILD WELFARE SYSTEMS: A CONSTRUCTIVIST INQUIRY OF THE LIVED EXPERIENCE OF GUATEMALAN MOTHERS PUBLICALLY REPORTING CHILD ABDUCTION FOR INTERCOUNTRY ADOPTION." VCU Scholars Compass, 2013. http://scholarscompass.vcu.edu/etd/3137.
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The Hague Convention on the Protection of Children and Co-operation in Respect of Intercountry Adoption was agreed upon in 1993 at the Hague Conference on Private International Law to address growing allegations of abduction, sale, and trafficking of children around the world. The Hague Convention guides countries to attend to the “best interest of the child” in making decisions on intercountry adoptions, and to apply the “principle of subsidiarity,” which calls for the consideration of family and kinship placement and national adoption prior to the consideration of intercountry adoption. This dissertation research focused on the experience of Guatemalan mothers reporting the abduction of their children for intercountry adoption. It examines implications for human rights and the child welfare system. In countries where child abduction allegations have been widespread, illegal adoption has been found to be a common practice and is the result of international child trafficking. Large financial gains are implicated in this type of organized crime, which appears to promote baby selling. In countries enacting the Hague Convention, the continuation of these allegations points to the governments’ inability to prosecute and penalize those responsible. Illegal adoptions pose significant threats to the ethical standards set by the Central Authorities established to implement the Hague Convention. Child abduction has been found to complicate and delay the determination of adoptability, and to undermine due process for legitimate intercountry adoptions. Child abduction has profound effects on grieving mothers and their families after the loss of their children with no resolution in sight. This constructivist research documents the story of three Guatemalan women who reported to public authorities the separate and unrelated abduction of their respective daughters in 2006. The case study report is a “thick description” of the lived experience of these mothers before, during, and after the child theft. The narration comprises an interpretation of their experience, or the participants’ meaning-making of such experience. Based on the mothers’ accounts, their victimization at the hands of child traffickers was followed by victimization by public authorities, who did not exercise due diligence in these child abduction cases. After these survivors exhausted their individual searches for their children, they approached the Fundación Sobrevivientes, who provided them with legal representation and psychosocial support. Together with other mothers, these women publicly advocated for their rights and the rights of their children. Their collective response to this form of violence was critical to accessing the case files in which they identified their abducted children. By engaging in individual legal claims, the participating mothers have sought nullification of each intercountry adoption and the prosecution of those involved in the corresponding illegal and corrupt activities. To conduct this constructivist inquiry, the researcher spent a year in Guatemala, completing prior ethnography for the emerging design and carrying out the interviews. This involved engaging participants with the researcher in a “dialectic hermeneutic process” through multiple “waves” of interviews (at the personal, practice, and policy levels), concluding with two phases of “member checking” or participants’ review of the research findings. To enhance rigor, besides analyzing the relevant literature, the process involved peer and translation reviewers and consultations with national and international scholars with relevant knowledge and expertise, including dissertation committee members. The four elements of the working definition of child abduction developed from the literature review (child theft, deceptive, coercion, and fraud) and other hypothesis on child abduction were confirmed in the mothers’ stories and by the research participants. The tentative findings or lessons identified in this constructivist inquiry should not be considered generalizable, but as “joint constructions” or co-creations between the research participants and the researcher. Based on general guidelines, the readers are encouraged to make their own assessment of the case report, and decide on whether the findings are relevant or may be replicable in other contexts.
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Riley-Behringer, Maureen Elizabeth. "Effects Of Prenatal Risk and Early Life Care on Behavioral Problems, Self-Regulation, and Modulation of Physiological Stress Response in 6 to 7 Year-Old Children of Intercountry Adoption (ICA)." Case Western Reserve University School of Graduate Studies / OhioLINK, 2015. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=case1427990709.
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Reinoso, Bernuz Marta. "Ajuste psicosocial y vivencia de la adopción en niños/as adoptados/as internacionalmente." Doctoral thesis, Universitat de Barcelona, 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/10803/120099.
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La adopción internacional ha adquirido en España unas muy notables dimensiones y el desarrollo y la adaptación de estos niños se ha convertido en un asunto de gran importancia. La presente tesis doctoral pretende contribuir al conocimiento en esta área y tiene por objetivo analizar el nivel de ajuste psicosocial, la vivencia de la adopción y el afrontamiento del estrés en la mediana infancia (8-12 años) de los niños adoptados internacionalmente en nuestro país. Esta tesis se configura a través de cuatro estudios empíricos.
El primer estudio, “Stress, coping and personal strengths and difficulties in internationally adopted children in Spain”, presenta una primera aproximación al análisis de las relaciones entre estrés, estrategias de afrontamiento y ajuste psicológico en los menores adoptados internacionalmente. Los resultados muestran que los niños mencionan principalmente problemas de tipo interpersonal referidos a conflictos de relación con los demás y temas de salud/enfermedad, utilizan predominante estrategias de afrontamiento aproximativas, y están en general bien adaptados. El uso de estrategias de afrontamiento evitativas se asocia con mayores niveles de sintomatología psicopatológica.
El segundo estudio, “Adaptación psicosocial en niños adoptados internacionalmente: percepción personal y parental”, se enfoca específicamente al análisis de la conducta adaptativa y desadaptativa de estos niños. Se constata que la mayoría de los menores de adopción internacional tienen un buen ajuste psicológico en la mediana infancia; no obstante, alrededor del 25% de ellos presenta importantes desajustes en el área escolar, adaptativa y externalizante-comportamental. Los adoptados procedentes de Europa del Este y Centro-Sudamérica presentan un mayor nivel de desajuste que el resto.
En el tercer estudio “Children’s and parents’ thoughts and feelings about adoption, birth culture identity, and discrimination in families with internationally adopted children”, se analiza la vivencia personal de la adopción en los niños adoptados internacionalmente, y la percepción que tienen respecto a ésta sus madres y padres adoptivos. Los resultados muestran que los adoptados transraciales informan de un mayor número de experiencias discriminatorias y de un mayor sentido de pertenencia e interés hacia la cultura de su país de origen que los adoptados con características raciales similares a las de sus padres adoptivos. En general existe coincidencia entre la percepción de padres e hijos sobre la adopción, aunque se detectan diferencias importantes en sus valoraciones de la identidad cultural y la discriminación.
Por último, el cuarto estudio, “Internationally adopted children’s general and adoption-specific stressors, coping strategies and psychological adjustment” profundiza sobre la percepción y afrontamiento del estrés, genérico y específico de la adopción, en el colectivo de adoptados internacionales. Los resultados muestran que los problemas relacionados con la adopción son frecuentes en los niños procedentes de adopción internacional, especialmente en el caso de los adoptados transraciales; las experiencias de victimización constituyen el estresor más frecuentemente identificado. El estudio también revela que, en general, los niños utilizan un amplio rango de estrategias de afrontamiento para hacer frente a los estresores genéricos y específicos de la adopción, y están bien adaptados.
La evidencia empírica presentada en esta tesis doctoral permite constatar que los niños adoptados internacionalmente en España presentan, en general, un adecuado ajuste psicológico en la mediana infancia. No obstante, no podemos olvidar que estos niños enfrentan retos específicos, y los resultados de nuestros estudios indican que aquellos relacionados con la discriminación y la diversidad cultural son unos de de las más importantes. Además, esta investigación también demuestra que los niños adoptados son capaces de expresar sus percepciones y vivencias en torno a la adopción y otros aspectos relevantes de su vida, por lo que sus opiniones deben ser tenidas en cuenta a la hora de elaborar futuros estudios y estrategias de intervención.International adoption has become increasingly popular in Spain, and the psychological adjustment and adaptation of these children have become very important issues. This thesis endeavours to contribute to increase the knowledge in this area and aims to investigate psychological adjustment, experiences of adoption, and stress and coping in Spanish internationally adopted children in middle childhood (ages 8-12 years). This dissertation consists of four empirical studies. The results of the first study, ‘Stress, coping and personal strengths and difficulties in Internationally adopted children in Spain’, show that children mainly report interpersonal problems concerning relationships and health/illness issues, predominantly employ approach coping strategies, and are generally well-adjusted. Avoidance coping strategies are associated with greater maladjustment. The findings of the second study, ‘Psychosocial adjustment in internationally adopted children: personal and parental perceptions’, confirm that the majority of international adoptees are well-adjusted in middle childhood. However, approximately 25% of them have school, externalizing behaviour, and adaptive functioning difficulties. Children adopted from Eastern Europe and Latin America experience more psychosocial maladjustment than children adopted from other countries. The third study, ‘Children’s and parents’ thoughts and feelings about adoption, birth culture identity, and discrimination in families with internationally adopted children’, shows that transracial adoptees express higher levels of birth culture identity and perceived discrimination than same-race adoptees. High levels of convergence between the children’s and parents’ viewpoints on the experiences of adoption are found, although significant divergences in their perceptions of cultural identity with the birth country and discrimination exist. Finally, the results of the fourth study, ‘Internationally adopted children’s general and adoption-specific stressors, coping strategies and psychological adjustment’, reveal that problems associated with adoption are frequent among internationally adopted children, especially among transracial adoptees; victimization is the most commonly reported stressor. The children, overall, use a wide repertoire of coping strategies in response to general and adoption-specific stressful events, and are well-adjusted. The research reported in this thesis provides evidence that most internationally adopted children in Spain present an adequate psychosocial adjustment, although discrimination and cultural diversity are important issues they face. Also, this research demonstrates that, from a relatively young age, adoptees are able to give their own views on adoption.
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PARKER, JENNA LEI. "AN ANALYSIS OF THE RECENT TRENDS IN INTERCOUNTRY ADOPTIONS: THE ROLE OF NATIONALISTIC AND ORGANIZATIONAL PRESSURES." Thesis, The University of Arizona, 2016. http://hdl.handle.net/10150/613405.
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Between fiscal years (FY) 1999 and 2015, the United States received more than
256,000 children from more than one hundred countries for the purpose of intercountry
adoption. Facing a consistent incline in total number of children received from abroad for
years since the phenomena first began decades ago, 2004 marked the beginning of what
would become a dramatic decline in the trends of intercountry adoption that are present
today. This paper seeks to address the factors that have contributed to the rise and fall of
intercountry adoptions over a fifteen-year span from 1999 through 2014. Though it is
crucial to consider all possible factors that have influenced the trends in intercountry
adoptions, the average economic state of individual countries is used to assess the
presence of organizations such as the Hague Conference on Private International Law, as
well as to assess the presence of cases of significant nationalistic sentiment in specific
countries in an attempt to provide an explanation for the driving forces behind these
trends. Additionally, in analyzing the average adoption rate, average economic growth
rate, and presence (or absence) of organizations and nationalism, the question of the
future state of intercountry adoptions is addressed.
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ANTONE, ADINA-LAURA. "L'adozione internazionale e gli effetti criminogenetici della legislazione." Doctoral thesis, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, 2008. http://hdl.handle.net/10280/202.
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Questa tesi intende completare uno studio sull'impatto che la legislazione sull'adozione ha sul processo dell'adozione internazionale, con lo scopo di determinare se le imprecisioni della legislazione offrono delle opportunità per la commissione di abusi collegati all'adozione internazionale, per individuare quali provvedimenti della legislazione possono essere sfruttati dai criminali e quali metodi e meccanismi possono essere sviluppati per rendere la legislazione sull'adozione crime proofed . L'ipotesi principale di lavoro è che una legislazione sull'adozione di bassa qualità produce delle opportunità criminali per la corruzione ed il compimento di adozioni internazionali illegali, mentre una legislazione di alta qualità riduce tali opportunità. Per verificare quest'ipotesi, due legislazioni nazionali sull'adozione sono comparate, attraverso una comparazione orizzontale di due sistemi nazionali di adozione ed il completamento di un Crime Risk Assessment delle rispettive legislazioni (in così detto crime proofing ex post ). Il primo elemento di questa comparazione orizzontale è la precedente legge sull'adozione romena (Legge No. 25/1997), mentre il secondo, determinato attraverso un'analisi selettiva, è la legislazione lettone.This thesis aims to conduct a study on the impact that adoption legislation has on the intercountry adoption process, with the purpose of determining if inaccuracies in legislation offer opportunities for abuses related to intercountry adoption, which provisions of legislation may be exploited by the criminals and which methods or mechanisms may be developed in order to render adoption legislation crime proofed . The main working hypothesis is that low quality adoption legislation produces criminal opportunities for corruption and the concluding of illegal adoptions, while high quality adoption legislation reduces such criminal opportunities. In order to test this hypothesis, two national adoption legislations are considered and compared, by use of a horizontal comparison of the two adoption systems and the carrying out of a Crime Risk Assessment of the two legislations on adoption (the so called crime proofing ex post ). The first component of this horizontal comparison is the former Romanian adoption law (Law No. 25/1997), while the second one, determined after the completing of a selective analysis, is the Latvian adoption legislation.
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ANTONE, ADINA-LAURA. "L'adozione internazionale e gli effetti criminogenetici della legislazione." Doctoral thesis, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, 2008. http://hdl.handle.net/10280/202.
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Questa tesi intende completare uno studio sull'impatto che la legislazione sull'adozione ha sul processo dell'adozione internazionale, con lo scopo di determinare se le imprecisioni della legislazione offrono delle opportunità per la commissione di abusi collegati all'adozione internazionale, per individuare quali provvedimenti della legislazione possono essere sfruttati dai criminali e quali metodi e meccanismi possono essere sviluppati per rendere la legislazione sull'adozione crime proofed . L'ipotesi principale di lavoro è che una legislazione sull'adozione di bassa qualità produce delle opportunità criminali per la corruzione ed il compimento di adozioni internazionali illegali, mentre una legislazione di alta qualità riduce tali opportunità. Per verificare quest'ipotesi, due legislazioni nazionali sull'adozione sono comparate, attraverso una comparazione orizzontale di due sistemi nazionali di adozione ed il completamento di un Crime Risk Assessment delle rispettive legislazioni (in così detto crime proofing ex post ). Il primo elemento di questa comparazione orizzontale è la precedente legge sull'adozione romena (Legge No. 25/1997), mentre il secondo, determinato attraverso un'analisi selettiva, è la legislazione lettone.This thesis aims to conduct a study on the impact that adoption legislation has on the intercountry adoption process, with the purpose of determining if inaccuracies in legislation offer opportunities for abuses related to intercountry adoption, which provisions of legislation may be exploited by the criminals and which methods or mechanisms may be developed in order to render adoption legislation crime proofed . The main working hypothesis is that low quality adoption legislation produces criminal opportunities for corruption and the concluding of illegal adoptions, while high quality adoption legislation reduces such criminal opportunities. In order to test this hypothesis, two national adoption legislations are considered and compared, by use of a horizontal comparison of the two adoption systems and the carrying out of a Crime Risk Assessment of the two legislations on adoption (the so called crime proofing ex post ). The first component of this horizontal comparison is the former Romanian adoption law (Law No. 25/1997), while the second one, determined after the completing of a selective analysis, is the Latvian adoption legislation.
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Jansen, E. "The relationship between applicants and officers in intercountry adoption : a sociological analysis." Thesis, 1997. https://eprints.utas.edu.au/20357/7/whole_JansenEvert1997.pdf.
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In modernity the welfare of children is provided for at the institutional 'intersection' of the family and the state. Where kinship structures are diffuse, nuclear hardship leads to increased state dependence. The institutional relationship between the state and the family is marked by divided responsibility and competition for control over the welfare of the individual. In late capitalism, citizenship has expanded to include the rights of the child and the child has emerged as a social personality, protected by the emotional bonds of the family and by the political rights afforded by the state.
In modern capitalist societies like Australia, the well-being of the child is recognised as important by both the family and the state. Paradoxically, there is potential for tension and even conflict where the claims of autonomy and the assertion of private property rights in children by the family cut across the notions of responsibility and public accountability espoused by government. The strain between parental autonomy and state responsibility is often unresolved.
Intercountry adoption is a social phenomenon that removes structurally-isolated children from the socially marginalised and economically deprived conditions of orphanages in order to relocate them, for their benefit, as members of caring, well-to-do families. Support for intercountry adoption can therefore be expected from all people who are committed to the well-being of children and who see the nuclear family as the most desirable social setting for the raising of children. Since those values are almost universally supported in modernity, it might be thought that officials who process adoptions applications will have an harmonious relationship with prospective adoptive parents. Intercountry adoption services might also be expected to run smoothly since all participating parties ostensibly work in concert to achieve shared goals. These expectations are not borne out. While the two groups share many fundamental values, the relationship between officers and applicants in intercountry adoption is often contested and
tension-ridden as is evidenced by an Ombudsman's report and academic research. This thesis explores that relationship sociologically in order to identify these tensions and antagonisms and their sources.
This research explains the persistent tension in the relationship between applicants and officers in the Tasmanian intercountry adoption service. It argues that the tensions between officers and applicants reflect the normative and institutionalised tensions between the family and the state. This thesis is examined by analysing the extent to which shared social values and attendant patterns of behaviour, ideology and expectation underpin the tensions that affect the interaction between the Intercountry Adoption Service officers and applicants.
The analysis shows that the competing attitudes and behaviours displayed by Intercountry Adoption Service applicants and officers are 'predictable' because of the constraining effects of social institutions on both sides. More specifically, the thesis demonstrates that uncertainty and contingency are institutionalised features of the relationship between applicants and officers since the social actors interact in terms of their roles as representatives of their various, competing positions within a broad social framework, as well as pursuing individual interests, and that the resulting tension takes on some highly predictable forms.
Interviews were chosen as the most appropriate method for gaining the qualitative data that enable the tension in the relationship between applicants and officers to be analysed and explained.
The interviews were used to gain information on the relationship between officers and applicants. First, anxiety and tension are explored as reflections of the institutionalised tension between the family and the state. Anxiety is depicted as an essential characteristic of the politically unequal relationship between applicants and officers. Secondly, the thesis explores ways in which motivations become an issue around which applicants and officers express
anxiety. Thirdly, the thesis analyses the way in which the service is rationed and the manner in which rationing contributes to tension. Fourthly, the compartmentalisation of parenting roles, and the manner in which responsibility for the child is divided among officers and adopting parents, are analysed by examining the views of the participating parties on appropriate procedural pace. Waiting periods are recognised as major points of tension. Fifthly, the values shared by applicants and officers are identified to show that the relationship is not totally hostile. On the contrary, the tension in the relationship is shown to be attributable to competing agendas more than to conflicting value systems. Sixthly, and finally, the thesis analyses the management of the dissatisfaction, identifying it as an important element in the interaction between applicants and officers but as only one aspect of that complex relationship.
In addressing these six issues, this research provides an analysis of intercountry adoption that is of value to applicants and officers in inter-country adoption services in Australia and other receiving countries and to many children in relinquishing countries. By investigating sociologically the relationship between the family and the state in Western modernity it explains the manner in which strain is managed at the intersection of two key social institutions.
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Rothfuss-Whitten, Jodie M. "Needs of intercountry adoptive parents a research report submitted in partial fulfillment ... /." 1986. http://catalog.hathitrust.org/api/volumes/oclc/68787989.html.
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"Intercountry Adoption in Guatemala: Implications of the Hague Convention." TopSCHOLAR, 2008. http://digitalcommons.wku.edu/stu_hon_theses/107.
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Chiu, Meilan, and 邱美蘭. "Intercountry Adoption : The Joys and Sorrows - An Exploration of Adoption System between Taiwan and Texas." Thesis, 2016. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/7g5uwh.
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Abstract This study examined the current conditions of child adoption in Taiwan and international adoption. Among the domestic children being adopted, most of them have been adopted by families in the United States; hence, whether these children can live an enjoyable life in their new families becomes a concern. Moreover, how adoption matching service institutions in Taiwan monitor the adaption and development conditions of children adopted to foreign countries merits further investigation. Therefore, this study explored the current conditions of international adoption and examined the adoption system in Texas, U.S.A. Qualitative semistructural interviews were administered to social workers and caregivers in a domestic institution providing domestic and international child adoption services, thereby examining their difficulties and experiences in providing adoption services. Analyzing their experiences enabled understanding the problems faced by domestic children before and after their adoption to foreign countries. The interview results revealed that Taiwanese public’s acceptance toward child adoption is low; hence, correct perspectives regarding adoption should be promoted to facilitate domestic adoption. After the implementation of new polices, the roles of adoption matching institutions and relevant social workers in managing the process of adoption have become increasingly essential, and the judicial process of child adoption has also become more rigorous. Accordingly, the time required for resettling a child might be extended. The interviewees noted that children being adopted to foreign countries were greatly affected by their early childhood experiences; hence, they often struggled to adapt and demonstrated behavioral problems after reaching the foreign countries. Therefore, before being adopted to foreign countries, children should be fully prepared to ensure favorable adaption to new environments. Among various countries, the United Stated shows the highest acceptance toward child adoption; hence, numerous domestic children with unique conditions have been adopted by US families. Nevertheless, in practice, domestic adoption matching institutions still experience difficulties monitoring and assisting children adopted to foreign countries. Keywords: international adoption, adoption matching service, self-recognition
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Buchanan, Toby. "Family resilience as a predictor of better adjustment among international adoptees." 2008. http://hdl.handle.net/10106/1034.
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