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Ko, Lau Po-chee Grace. "Adoptive parenthood in Hong Kong : profile, stresses and coping /." Hong Kong : University of Hong Kong, 1997. http://sunzi.lib.hku.hk/hkuto/record.jsp?B19943301.

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Roberts, Michelle Eileen. "Post adoption contact with birth parents in foster care adoptions /." View online, 2009. http://repository.eiu.edu/theses/docs/32211131592056.pdf.

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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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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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Jones, Teresa Catherine. "Adoption decision-making in the African-American community /." Thesis, Connect to this title online; UW restricted, 1996. http://hdl.handle.net/1773/11166.

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Ganson, Harriet Citron. "The sealed adoption record controversy : perspectives of adoptees, adoptive parents and birth mothers." The Ohio State University, 1986. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1240420147.

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Shelton, Deena. "A Phenomenological Exploration of Parent Experiences that Influence Positive Adoption Outcomes." ScholarWorks, 2018. https://scholarworks.waldenu.edu/dissertations/5525.

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Children who age out of foster care face adjustments and mental health issues at higher rates than their peers, but those who are adopted have the opportunity to heal from previous trauma and experience better outcomes. To create healthy family systems for adopted children, adoptive parents need support and guidance as they personally adjust and help their children adjust to a new family system. Previous research has focused on child identifiers rather than on the broader family system in efforts to understand adoption success and failure. In this transcendental phenomenological study, adoptive parents provided their lived experiences of support during the adoption process. The results were analyzed using Giorgi, Giorgi, and Morley's descriptive phenomenological psychological method and the results were framed using an adapted version of Bronfenbrenner's ecological model. The results offered experiences of support at all 4 levels of the ecological model and provided a framework to use for future research to understand the influences of the sources of support and a guideline for agencies and counselors to use when serving adoptive families. The results can aid in the proactive development of training and support services for adoptive families and provide information for professionals by offering insight into the nontraditional structure of adoptive families. This information may also be used to inform counseling programs accredited by the Council for Accreditation of Counseling and Related Educational Programs that offer the marriage, couples, and families specialization.
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Conner, Charmaine Lanae. "The Experiences of Black Transracially Adoptive Parents." Thesis, University of North Texas, 2020. https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc1707338/.

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The purpose of this transcendental phenomenological inquiry was to explore the experiences of adoptive parents who have Black transracially adopted children. More specifically, I sought to understand how the parents perceived their child's cultural and racial identity development and how they perceived the child-parent relationship. Therefore, I used the cultural-racial identity model created for transracial adoptees as a theoretical framework to answer the following questions: What are Black transracially adoptive parents' perceptions of their child's racial/cultural identity development? What are Black transracially adoptive parents' perceptions of the parent-child relationship? Upon approval from the Institutional Review Board, six transracially adoptive parents with Black transracially adopted children participated in this study. Participants engaged in a 60-minute interview that was transcribed and coded to develop themes consistent with other participants. There were six themes identified from the data: (a) experience of the child-parent relationship, (b) impact of trauma, (c) becoming a transracially adoptive parent, (d) cultural, racial, ethnic, identity development process (CREID), (e) encounters with microaggressions, and (f) cultural socialization practices. Implications and conclusions drawn from the themes were identified for transracially adoptive parents, counselors, counselor education programs, and transracial adoption researchers to inform culturally responsive practices when working within the adoption kinship network.
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Miller, Stephanie Hotta. "Stress and coping among adoptive parents." Thesis, This resource online, 1996. http://scholar.lib.vt.edu/theses/available/etd-11012008-063428/.

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Harkins, Courtney Amanda Ball. "The Relationship Between Adoptive Parents Attachment and Parenting Styles on Adoption Outcomes." Thesis, Alliant International University, 2014. http://pqdtopen.proquest.com/#viewpdf?dispub=3637413.

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Raising an adopted child from the child welfare system poses unique challenges because these children bring with them an increased risk for developmental and mental health problems (Simmel, 2007; Whitten & Weaver, 2010). Adoptions from Child Welfare have almost doubled in the last decade, comprising up to 41% of all adoptions (Child Welfare Information Gateway, 2012). Of these adoptions, anywhere from 10% to 25% end up disrupting (Briggs & Webb, 2004; Festinger, 2002; Rosenthal & Groze, 1994; Smith & Howard, 2000). Thus, it is important to identify and understand which factors can likely increase adoption success or which ones are more likely to create barriers. Currently, there are some studies that have identified specific adoptive child traits that increase disruption (Barth, 1997; Barth & Berry, 1988; Evan B. Donaldson Adoption Institute, 2010; Rosenthal & Grove, 1990) along with some family factors (Barth, 2000; Coakley & Berrick, 2008; Festinger, 2002). However, two important family systems aspects, involving qualities that the adoptive parent themselves bring to the process, have thus far been overlooked in the research: attachment styles and parenting styles. In order to shed more light on this neglected aspect of the adoptive process, this study investigated whether or not there was a relationship between an adoptive caregiver's own attachment style or parenting style and adoption outcomes. The logistic regression method was used in the analysis of a convenience sample of 113 adoptive parents and it was found that two parental factors were the most influential in predicting adoption outcomes: anxious attachment style and authoritative parenting style. Additionally, incidence of trauma in the parent's history was identified as a factor that negatively impacted the chance of adoption success. The implications or clinical practice and research are discussed.

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Pang, Shuk-ching Ruth. "New foster parents : the first experience and their adaptation to unfamiliar roles /." Hong Kong : University of Hong Kong, 1998. http://sunzi.lib.hku.hk/hkuto/record.jsp?B2012529X.

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Samuel, Jane D. "Beyond Telling: A Phenomenology of Adoptive Parents' Adoption Communication Openness with Early Adolescents." UKnowledge, 2019. https://uknowledge.uky.edu/hes_etds/76.

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Despite calls for increased Adoption Communication Openness (ACO) within the adoptive family, research indicates that families still struggle to accomplish the recommended elements and levels of openness. What could be holding families back from this key process? Three focus groups comprised of 17 adoptive parents of early adolescents (aged 10-14) who were age 0-2 at the time of placement were thematically coded. This inductive analysis revealed the complexity rooted in being —sometimes successfully and sometimes not—communicatively open. Four key themes emerged painting a vivid and rich picture of: a) the breadth and depth of this experience; b) the work entailed; c) the emotionality of it; and d) the grief and loss embedded in it. These results strengthen the understanding of the lived-experience of the adoptive parent thus magnifying the call for not only further research into what drives ACO in the family, but also consistent and supportive pre- and post-adoption services and clinical work.
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Larson, Brooke Noelle. "Preferred developmental disabilties among prospective adoptive parents." CSUSB ScholarWorks, 2007. https://scholarworks.lib.csusb.edu/etd-project/3288.

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This study was done to examine prospective adoptive parents' perceptions of one particular group of special needs children waiting for adoption: those children with developmental disabilities. The results will give social workers information that will help provide training and informational meetings to prosepctive parents in regard to the child's age and developmental disabilities.
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Duggin, Colleen O'Neill. "Transition from foster care to adoption: Services needed for building adoption permanency for children." CSUSB ScholarWorks, 2005. https://scholarworks.lib.csusb.edu/etd-project/2828.

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A questionaire was developed and given to post-adoptive parents with the results to be used as a guide to examine what services need to be provided in the pre-adoptive process for parents who are adopting children that are coming from foster homes. The results of the study could be utilized by adoption social workers as a means of targeting typical areas of need or resources for families during the adoption process.
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Bruns, Ashleigh. "Adoption and attachment the compensation and correspondence hypotheses in relation to God and adoptive parents /." Theological Research Exchange Network (TREN), 2008. http://www.tren.com/search.cfm?p090-0371.

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Maistre, Pierre Gardou Charles. "L'accompagnement des parents adoptants un moment de la relation dans l'intervalle des postures éducatives /." Lyon : Université Lumière Lyon 2, 2003. http://theses.univ-lyon2.fr/sdx/theses/lyon2/2003/maistre_p.

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Maistre, Pierre. "L'accompagnement des parents adoptants : un moment de la relation dans l'intervalle des postures éducatives." Lyon 2, 2003. http://theses.univ-lyon2.fr/documents/lyon2/2003/maistre_p.

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L'adoption est une rencontre dont les finalités peuvent être ainsi énoncées : une famille pour un enfant - un enfant pour une famille. La recherche de l'équilibre à construire par les adoptants entre ces deux finalités est un enjeu décliné dans ses trois dimensions : se préparer à devenir parents d'un enfant et être disponibles aux aspects spécifiques de la filiation adoptive ; construire un apparentement ; enfin la troisième dimension met en jeu les autres acteurs de l'adoption. L'auteur interroge alors la notion d'accompagnement éducatif. Cette posture se révèle une disposition centrée sur le sujet et son projet. Accompagner les futurs parents à l'adoption devient synonyme d'une praxis offrant aux adoptants les possibilités d'unifier motivations et finalités, intention et effectuation, éthique et morale sour le primat du sens. L'auteur-acteur en vient à formuler des propositions de dispositifs institutionnels.
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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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Wyman, Battalen Adeline. "Beliefs, Perceptions, and Socialization Practices of Lesbian, Gay, and Heterosexual Adoptive Parents." Thesis, Boston College, 2018. http://hdl.handle.net/2345/bc-ir:107715.

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Thesis advisor: Ruth McRoy
Thesis advisor: Summer Hawkins
Adoptive parenting contributes to the dramatic growth in lesbian and gay (LG) parenting. Research on adoptive families has mostly focused on heterosexual parent families and the limited research on LG parenting has primarily emphasized child adjustment outcomes. This three-paper dissertation utilized subsamples from a large (N=1616) and recent (2012-2013) comprehensive dataset, The Modern Adoptive Families Study, designed to compare family characteristics, experiences, and adjustment outcomes across different types of adoptive families, especially families headed by sexual minority parents. The Minority Stress model is used to frame a deeper understanding of parenting processes in heterosexual and lesbian and gay parent adoptive families. This framework takes into account the potential for families, led by sexual minority parents, to encounter discrimination and suggests processes may exist within the family to help buffer interpersonal and systemic bias. Paper 1 used logistic regression to examine the associations of adoptive parents’ satisfaction with their mental health services and their pediatrician. Pediatrician satisfaction was specifically related to the parental perception of their provider’s understanding of their minority status; based on 1) adoptive family status, 2) parental sexual orientation, and 3) transracial adoption status. Overall, 51% of the sample of parents who sought mental health services reported satisfaction. Satisfaction was positively associated with being a gay father, having a higher household income, and having a child whose race was identified as Asian. Satisfaction was negatively associated with having a child older than 11 years old. Of parents who reported on their satisfaction with pediatricians, 82% of parents reported satisfaction. Having a higher household income was positively associated with respondents’ satisfaction. Paper 2 used confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) to explore how findings from two racial socialization measures compared across parental sexual orientation, in transracial adoptive families. The scales measured parental endorsement of cultural competency pertaining to race and related self-efficacy enacting racial socialization practices. In Paper 3, cultural socialization theory was used to investigate parents’ endorsement of socialization related to being raised in a same-sex headed family with two newly developed scales using exploratory factor analysis (EFA). Results of these studies will help to inform policy and practice by addressing critical questions impacting a growing number of adoptive families, especially those headed by sexual minority parents. Contributions to the literature include findings about parenting practices, perceptions, experiences, and relationship dynamics within lesbian, gay, and heterosexual adoptive parent families
Thesis (PhD) — Boston College, 2018
Submitted to: Boston College. Graduate School of Social Work
Discipline: Social Work
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Attwell, Terry-Anne. "A phenomenological exploration of adoptive parents' motivation for and experience of transracial adoption in South Africa." Thesis, Rhodes University, 2004. http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1002436.

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Prior to the democratic elections of 1994, South Africa was daunted by legislation flooded with racial segregation. Adoption across racial lines is, because of South Africa’s racially segregated past, a relatively recent phenomenon in this country. The number of legal adoptions has increased dramatically, especially after its legalization in 1991. Parents may adopt across racial lines for an array of different reasons, from not being able to conceive a baby, to wanting to give a child the best opportunity in life. This study explored the experiences of white parents who have adopted black children, paying particular attention to how they deal with issues of “racial” identity. In-depth interviews were used to generate qualitative data pertaining to the parental perceptions of their motivation for, and experiences of adopting a child transracially in South Africa. The study aimed to explore their motivation for adopting and experiences, as well as issues relating to “racial” identity. Recommendations have been made to assist parents who are interested in adopting transracially. The report presents findings relating to the unique characteristics of the participants who have adopted transracially. These include adopters’ motivation and thought processes before taking the relevant steps to adopt transracially; the support that they have received from others in their decision to adopt transracially; communication patterns; their relevant concerns regarding the future of their adopted child; and issues pertaining to race, culture, heritage, prejudices and stereotypes. The findings suggest that parents were pragmatic, without regrets, in their views about adopting across racial lines. The parents’ motivations for adopting across racial lines were very similar to various perspectives, but were all due to the fact that they were unable to have biological children. Parents were aware of the child’s identity and cultural issues, which may be more perceptible in the future. Their perceptions, views and opinions, and the future concerns of their children were not unrealistic. Due to the children’s young age a follow-up study of these children should be considered.
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Kobus-Pigg, Sophia A. "Attachment and the Adoptive Family: Identifying Common Issues and Methods for Improvement." Scholarship @ Claremont, 2015. http://scholarship.claremont.edu/cmc_theses/1211.

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The process of adoption in the U.S. is incredibly hard to navigate as an adoptive parent. Each primary type of adoption (international, foster, private domestic) comes with its own challenges and costs. One of the hardest challenges for both adopted children and adoptive families forming a secure and satisfactory attachment. Examining what goes into a child’s ability to attach to caregiver will help the analysis of the attachment issues that all adoptive families undergo. The adoptive parent must also start to form an attachment to their child as well as help the child transition into their new placement. Adoptive parents however, often find themselves questioning the legitimacy of their parenthood with their new child. This is further hindered if the child has problems forming secure attachments to others. A greater breadth of resources are needed to counteract these common issues so that adoptive families can get more specific help for their unique situations. As adoption becomes more socially acceptable and prevalent, stronger pushes towards data collection and research will help future adoptive families to form secure attachments more quickly and easily.
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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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Poussin, Gérard. "La fonction parentale." Paris 5, 1987. http://www.theses.fr/1987PA05H009.

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Les démographes s'accordent aujourd'hui à penser qu'au-delà des causes sociales et conjoncturelles, les grandes questions de la famille a notre époque (dénatalité, surnatalité, etc. . . ) ne trouveront une bonne part de leur réponse que dans les changements des mentalités relatives à la fonction parentale. Une approche multidimensionnelle permet de découvrir que le fait de devenir parent repose sur des bases biologiques, sociales, culturelles et psychologiques. Une analyse spécifique de chacun de ces domaines a donc été entreprise, ainsi que celle des conditions d'accès à la parentalité pour un sujet considère. Mais c'est au niveau de l'enfant lui-même qu'on a tenté de découvrir ce que chaque parent peut et doit apporter de manière spécifique: la fonction des images parentales intériorisées, ainsi que les rôles jouent par les parents dans les multiples taches nécessaires au développement harmonieux de l'enfant. Ce versant positif ne saurait pourtant s'envisager sans en connaitre la contrepartie : la pathologie et les problématiques de la fonction parentale. L’accès à la situation parentale peut se trouver barre pour des raisons sociales, physiologiques ou psychologiques. Les causes et les conséquences de ces multiples obstructions sont étudiées en détails. Il en va de même pour les incidents qui surviennent dans le couple (divorce, famille monoparentale), et pour les modalités pathologiques de l'exercice parental (rejets, carences, parentalisation de l'enfant, mauvais traitements etc. . . ). Une telle analyse ne peut naturellement en rester à un niveau descriptif, voire explicatif. L’étude des palliatifs de la fonction parentale défaillante en est le corollaire indispensable. Elle s'organise autour des trois thèmes classiques de l'enfant place en institution, en famille d'accueil ou adopte. Cette thèse débouche donc sur une perspective d'amélioration de la fonction parentale, et sur des propositions concrètes en ce qui concerne son aménagement
The demographers agree that besides the socials and conjuncturals reasons, the important questions of the family today (decreasing natality, excess population, etc. . . ) can be solve by changing the way of thinking about the parental role. A multidimensional approach can help us to discover that the fact of becoming parent is built on biological, sociological, cultural and psychological basis. A specific analysis of each of this fields was therefore undertaken, just as those of the conditions of parenthood for a specific person. But it is at the level of the child himself that we attempted to find what each parent can and should bring in a certain way: the function of interiorized parental images, as the role play by the parents in the multiple tasks necessary to the harmonious development of the child. This positiv side cannot be looked at without examining the negativ side to: the pathology and the puzzeling out of the parental role. The access to the parental situation can be barred by social, physiological and psychological reasons. Causes and consequences of these obstacles are studied in detail. Incidents in the relationship of the couple were studied in the same way (divorce, single-parent family), and for the pathological modality of the parental functioning (rejecting, parental deficiencies, parentalization of the child, child abuse etc. . . ). Of course, an analysis as this cannot stay on a descriptive level, or even explanatory. The study of the parental palliative is the indispensable corollation of that. It is organized to around the three classical themes of the forster child, institutionalized child, or adopted child. This theses open up to a perspective of improvement in the parental role, and to concrete suggestions about its arrangement
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Swan, Alyssa. "Effect of Child Parent Relationship Therapy (CPRT) with Adoptive Parents of Preadolescents: A Pilot Study." Thesis, University of North Texas, 2017. https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc1062870/.

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Older adopted children and their families often express high need for support for attachment and trauma related concerns. Post-adoption mental health intervention focused on enhancing the parent-child relationship among adoptive parents and adoptees is essential for fostering placement permanency among these families. This single group pilot study explored the effect of Child-Parent Relationship Therapy (CPRT) for adoptive parents of preadolescents who reported attachment related concerns, stress in the parent-child relationship, and child behavior problems. Participants were 11 adoptive parents ages 25 to 64 (55% male; 91% couples; 100% married; 56% European American, 27% Asian, 9% Hispanic, and 9% Black American) with adoptees between the ages of 8 to 14 (56% male; 56% Hispanic, 33% European American, and 11% Black American). All child participants were adopted out of foster care. Data was collected at baseline, pretest, midtest, and posttest. Results from non-parametric Friedman test of differences across 4 points of measure indicated that CPRT demonstrated statistically significant improvement for the 3 outcome variables: parental empathy, child behavior, and parent child relationship stress. Specifically, results indicated that prior to receiving CPRT (baseline to pretest), parents demonstrated no change or worsening in functioning across all variables, whereas during the intervention phase findings showed a large treatment effect for parental empathy, a medium effect for parenting stress, and a small effect for child behavior problems. Findings from this pilot study support CPRT as a promising mental health intervention for adoptive parents and preadolescent children. Clinical implications and recommendations for working with adoptive parents of preadolescents are explored within the context of these findings.
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Parantainen, Johanna. "The experiences of adoptive parents rearing children with reactive attachment disorder : A systematic literature review." Thesis, Högskolan för lärande och kommunikation, Högskolan i Jönköping, HLK, CHILD, 2019. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:hj:diva-43984.

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Reactive attachment disorder (RAD) is characterised by severely underdeveloped or absent attachment between a child and a caregiver. Adopted children who have experienced adverse early experiences prior to adoption may have lacked opportunities to form selective attachment relationships and, in rare cases, may have a diagnosis of reactive attachment disorder. The needs of adoptive families rearing children with special needs, such as children with a RAD diagnosis, are unique and it is crucial to understand the experiences of the families in order to increase the understanding of how to provide support and adequate services and interventions that respond to the needs of the families. Previous research focusing on adoptive parents’ experiences rearing children with a RAD diagnosis is scarce. Therefore, this systematic literature review aimed to explore their experiences. After a comprehensive literature search, seven articles that addressed the study aim and met the predefined inclusion criteria were included. A thematic synthesis was carried out to combine the results of the included articles. The findings suggest that adoptive families rearing children with a RAD diagnosis experience a wide range of challenges in their everyday lives, such as a lack of social network support and adequate support, services and interventions from professionals and service providers. Some facilitative factors, such as adoptive parents’ willingness to stay committed to their children, were found. Further research is needed to find out effective interventions to address the complex challenges adoptive families and their children with a RAD diagnosis experience. Study limitations and methodological considerations are discussed.
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Lau, Andrea. "Opinions of Adoptive Parents Regarding Adoption Disclosure to the Child| A Study of Hong Kong Chinese Participants." Thesis, Alliant International University, 2013. http://pqdtopen.proquest.com/#viewpdf?dispub=3568180.

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Study Aims: With adoption becoming more common in Hong Kong, the present study was conducted to gain an understanding of the opinions of Hong Kong adoptive parents regarding adoption disclosure to their child. Multiple research questions were investigated that may interest both the general public and those associated with adoption. Reasons for adoption disclosure, gender differences, and whether high or low Asian values have a significant influence were examined. Method: Fifty-four participants (18 men and 31 women) were recruited from Mother's Choice (a Hong Kong NGO). They were asked to complete a Disclosure Questionnaire, which determines the opinions and attitudes of adoptive parents on disclosure that was developed for use in this specific study, and the Asian Values Scale, which can be divided into five subscales (i.e., Collectivism, Conformity to Norms, Emotional Self-Control, Family Recognition Through Achievement, and Humility). Results: Majority of the participants reported that infertility was their main reason for the adoption and that they disclose because the child has the right to know. In addition, the majority strongly feel that disclosing will save future trauma and will not affect their relationship. The overwhelming majority of parents (94.4%, 51 out of 54) are planning to or already have disclosed the adoptive status to their child. Two participants (3.7%) are not planning to disclose and one (1.9%) did not answer. The 51 participants were then asked a follow up question regarding whether they would still disclose if it were guaranteed that their child would never find out about his/her adoptive status and ten of them changed their mind and one did not answer. Some gender differences were found and there were a few significant items where participants who responded differently on Disclosure Questionnaire items also varied on Asian values. Conclusions: This study is important to further understand Hong Kong's adoption population. Although there are limitations due to sample size and convenient sampling, this study is a beginning in the exploration of opinions of adoptive parents towards disclosure. As the majority of participants adopted due to infertility, more care and counseling should be provided targeting infertile couples to explore infertility, the possibility of adoption, and what the adoption means to them. This is especially important in Hong Kong, where infertility may be seen as culturally deviant as the purpose of marriage is to parent (Ko, 2001). With the cultural and social stigma of infertility, many couples may choose to remain secretive and thus perhaps keep a subsequent adoption secretive as well. It can be concluded that adoption disclosure is a complicated action that requires a lot of consideration and preparation. However, even with this, thoughts and feelings may continue to conflict with each other as it is a complex process.

Keywords: adoption, disclosure, Hong Kong, Asian Values Scale

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Huisjen, Madeline. "Open Adoption: An Expansion of Family." Digital Commons @ East Tennessee State University, 2020. https://dc.etsu.edu/secfr-conf/2020/schedule/21.

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95% of adoption in the United States are open adoptions (Siegel & Smith, 2012). Past research has focused on the satisfaction of the adoptive parents, birth mother and adoptee in open adoption (Colaner & Scharp, 2016). However, there is a gap in research considering communication within the open adoption relationship (Grotevant, 2009). This qualitative phenomenological study sought to understand the experiences of birth mothers and adoptive parents in open adoption relationships as well as determine what is helpful and/or harmful within this relationship. The researchers conducted 20 semi-structured interviews with birth mothers and adoptive parents. Through open coding, key findings included a commonality of strong emotions and a consistent emphasis on the adoptee, as well as the benefit of healthy communication, boundaries and a relationship pre-placement. Based on the findings and limitations of this study recommendations were made for professionals, birth mothers, adoptive parents and future research.
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Hoepfner, Hendrik Gustav. "Die betekenis van die Vaderskap van God in die pastorale begeleiding van aangenome kinders / Hendrik Gustav Hoepfner." Thesis, North-West University, 2009. http://hdl.handle.net/10394/3665.

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This study focuses on the meaning of the Fatherhood of God in the counselling of the adoptee. A study of relevant literature has shown that the metaphor "God the Father" is seldom incorporated in pastoral counselling. This study explores the possibility of successfully incorporating the concept "Fatherhood of God" in the counselling of the adoptee. In order to do so, the perspectives of the basis theory and metatheory have been investigated. The basis theory has been developed through an exegetical study of Old Testament verses that speak explicitly of the Fatherhood of God, as well as the three Abba-texts of the New Testament. This indicates that the covenant is closely related to the Fatherhood of God. The metatheory has been developed after studying literature regarding adoption from the perspective of other disciplines. The matters identity, rejection and loss have been shown as significant issues in the life of the adoptee. An empirical study has been done in addition to the basis- and metatheory. This investigation has brought to light that the adoptee does in general sense not connect the concept "Fatherhood of God" to his adoption. In order to develop an own model, different existing models have been investigated. Thus it was decided to use the model of Eyrich and Hines as guideline. A model has been developed and proposed that successfully incorporates the research findings of this study. It seems that the concept "Fatherhood" of God can be successfully utilised in the pastoral counselling of the adoptee, especially regarding the issues of identity, rejection and loss.
Thesis (Ph.D. (Pastoral))--North-West University, Potchefstroom Campus, 2009.
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Sass, Theresa L. "Racial Identity Development of White Parents of Transracial Adoptees: A Narrative Approach." Thesis, Boston College, 2014. http://hdl.handle.net/2345/3679.

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The purpose of this research is to learn about the racial identity development of White transracially adoptive parents through narratives about their adoption and parenting experiences. White racial identity development has rarely been explored within the context of transracial adoption, and existing research on transracial adoption tends to focus on the experiences of the adoptees. The present research attempts to address the need for more literature in psychology and other social sciences on the experiences of White parents adopting transracially. This research uses qualitative methodology, specifically narrative inquiry and conventional content analysis, to gather data from participants' (N=12) personal stories about their racial identity. This approach is inductive, naturalistic, and exploratory, focusing on participants' meaning making rather than causation, and fitting for an under-researched subject area (Denzin and Lincoln, 2005; Riessman, 2003). Narratives encourage the participants to talk about uncomfortable issues, which is critical, because literature indicates that White people experience discomfort when talking about their race (Altman, 2006; Foldy, 2005). As theoretical frameworks, White racial identity theory (Helms, 1990; 1995) and critical race theory help describe how parents cope with racial issues and racism from a psychosocial perspective. Issues examined include how institutional and cultural racism affects parents' experiences before and after parenting, what historical, social, and personal factors influence the parents' cognitive, affective and behavioral responses to racial stimuli, and how transformations take place in the racial identity development of the participants. Findings demonstrate that for the majority of participants, transracial adoption was a catalyst for increased awareness of White racial privilege and racism, and therefore for participants' racial identity development. This research contributes to theory, research, and practice. Participants' stories provide an understanding of the complex nature of racial identity development, and offer insight about how to better support transracially adoptive parents and their families. Implications for research, practice, and policy are discussed
Thesis (PhD) — Boston College, 2014
Submitted to: Boston College. Lynch School of Education
Discipline: Counseling, Developmental, and Educational Psychology
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MacDonald, A. J. ""Being" and "doing" - adoptive parents' experience of parenthood in the context of open adoption : an interpretative phenomenological analysis." Thesis, Queen's University Belfast, 2014. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.679050.

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This is an interpretative phenomenological study that explores what it is like to be an adoptive parent in the context of open adoption. It focuses on the dominant form of adoption in the United Kingdom which is domestic non-kin adoption of children from care. The focus of UK adoption policy is on securing the welfare of Looked After children when their birth family cannot care for them effectively. Adoptive parents are crucial to achieving this aim and this study explores their subjective lived experience with a view to informing adoption policy and practice. The need to understand adoptive parents' perspectives on practices of open adoption was identified as a research priority by the Care Pathways and Outcomes Study, and is the origin of this PhD project. Twenty nine adoptive parents participated in semi-structured interviews. Joint interviews were conducted with thirteen mother/father couples, and individual interviews with three adoptive mothers. This purposively selected sample was identified via the Care Pathways and Outcomes Study and recruited through the five Health and Social Care Trusts in Northern Ireland. Ethical approval was granted by ORECNI. Detailed ideographic analysis of interview transcripts was carried out following the principles of Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis. The findings convey the sense of 'being' an adoptive parent, or parental entitlement, derived from 'doing' parenting, and demonstrate the complexities of communicative, structural and public openness as relational experiences. Dominant themes include the constraining cultural importance of blood ties, stigma, family boundary work and the child's life course. At an interpretative level, the sociological concepts of family configuration, family practices and family display are applied to explore how birth relatives are positioned as kin. The thesis concludes with suggestions for research and social work practice.
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Schaefer, Sonja. "An educational program for parents going into transracial adoption| A grant proposal." Thesis, California State University, Long Beach, 2015. http://pqdtopen.proquest.com/#viewpdf?dispub=1587922.

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The purpose of this project was to write a grant to provide educational classes for prospective adoptive parents who are going into a transracial adoption. The program will address issues around cultural and racial identity development and will educate potential adoptive parents on crucial aspects of cultural competence. An extensive literature review was conducted in order to identify the unique needs of transracial adoptive families, as well as the challenges associated with transracial adoption. When children are adopted into families that are culturally and racially different from their own ethno-cultural origin, the adoptees' cultural identity development can be compromised. In the process of equipping adoptive parents with the tools and knowledge to support their transracially adopted children's identity development, educational classes constitute a valuable component. The actual submission and/or funding of the grant was not a requirement for the successful completion of the project.

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Harris, Rita. "Professionals' beliefs about contact between children in alternative care and their birth parents." Thesis, n.p, 1999. http://ethos.bl.uk/.

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Martial, Agnès. "Qu'est-ce qu'un parent ? : ethnologie des liens de familles recomposées." Toulouse 2, 2000. http://www.theses.fr/2000TOU20075.

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Cette these d'ethnologie presente une reflexion sur la nature de la filiation et de la parentalite dans les familles recomposees apres-divorce. Elle est construite autour d'une question centrale : << qu'est-ce qu'un parent ? >> dans ces configurations singulieres, dont l'existence temoigne des mutations que connait notre paysage familial. Un etat des recherche detaille expose les travaux realises en sociologie sur le theme des familles recomposees, et la progression des etudes d'ethnologie exotique et europeenne effectuees dans le domaine de la circulation des enfants et de l'adoption. La premiere partie interroge ensuite les representations anciennes de la parente dans les familles nees du veuvage et du remariage, et montre en quoi les familles recomposees contemporaines se distinguent de leurs ancetres, en provoquant une mise en doute des reperes organisant traditionnellement les relations entre parents. C'est a l'incertitude qui regne dans ces relations que s'interesse la deuxieme partie, a travers la description de l'instabilite des statuts generationnels au sein des familles recomposees, ainsi que dans l'interrogation de la notion d'inceste, entre beau-parent et bel-enfant, comme entre les enfants non consanguins reunis par la recomposition. Au cours de cette exploration se dessine l'evolution d'une definition de l'inceste qui s'appuie de facon croissante sur les faits concrets de la parentalite. La troisieme partie poursuit cette reflexion en explorant les modalites concretes de la constitution des liens de familles recomposes a travers trois moments choisis. La vie commune, tout d'abord, qui ne semble trouver son veritable sens qu'une fois replacee dans le contexte du partage de l'enfance. La transmission des biens, ensuite, qui montre, a l'instar de la question de << l'inceste >>, que les faits de la parentalite accedent a une valorisation croissante, au fondement de l'etat de parent. L'adoption, pleniere et simple, de l'enfant du conjoint, nuance en dernier lieu ce constat : dans l'analyse de ses modalites juridiques et de ses implications symbolique se dessine l'importance essentielle d'un principe genealogique fonde sur une norme d'exclusivite que les mutations contemporaines de la famille ne peuvent abolir.
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Sertelon, Sébastien. "Les transformations de la famille et l'adoption." Lyon 3, 2005. http://www.theses.fr/2005LYO33033.

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Le but des recherches effectuées consiste à déterminer les interactions entre les évolutions de la famille et l'adoption. Depuis les années soixante, la famille a changé. Alors qu'elle présentait une image fixe, elle est aujourd'hui protéiforme. Ces transformations ont une influence sur l'adoption, mode de création d'un lien de filiation. Des personnes écartées de l'institution réclament un droit à adopter, d'autres détournent l'adoption à des fins étrangères à ses buts initiaux. Corrélativement, l'adoption influe sur la composition de la famille. Le système français dualiste abouti à une dichotomie stricte entre deux liens de filiation issus de la même institution. L'évolution des techniques de contraception a comme conséquence une baisse du nombre de nourrissons à adopter dans les pays occidentaux. Les candidats se déplacent aujourd'hui à l'étranger afin de trouver l'enfant correspondant à leur désir au risque de mettre en péril l'intérêt de l'enfant
The aim of these researches consists in finding out the correlations between family evolutions and adoption. The family model has changed since the sixties. It is now multifaceted whereas it used to represent a static picture. These transformations have consequences on adoption ; way of generating filiation ties. Some people outside of the adoption system claim the right to adopt. Others misapply adoption to aims that are far from their original purposes. Meanwhile, family composition is influenced by adoption. The French dualist system leads to a strict dichotomy between two different filiation ties coming from the same system
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Harf-Dubrez, Aurélie. "Les appartenances culturelles des enfants en situation d'adoption internationale : une approche qualitative des perspectives parentales." Thesis, Paris 5, 2014. http://www.theses.fr/2014PA05H103.

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Les adoptions internationales constituent un mode d'entrée particulier dans la filiation, mettant en exergue tous les questionnements universels touchant à la question de la filiation et forçant à l'élaboration de l'essence même du lien familial.La littérature sur l'adoption concerne principalement le devenir des enfants adoptés, en termes de développement psychologique et d'apparition de troubles psychopathologiques. Au sein de cette littérature, de nombreuses études, principalement anglo-saxonnes, se sont focalisées sur la question de l'identité culturelle des enfants adoptés, soulignant la corrélation entre identité biculturelle positive et forte (culture du pays de naissance et culture du pays d'accueil) et meilleur développement psychologique ultérieur.La notion d'identité culturelle des enfants adoptés est en revanche absente de la littérature française. Pourtant il semble difficile d'occulter la place que vient prendre, pour les parents comme pour les enfants, le pays de naissance de l'enfant et sa culture, ainsi que les conséquences, sur la construction identitaire de l'enfant, de se voir attribuer un statut d'étranger du seul fait de sa différence « visible ». Il semble alors nécessaire de complexifier la question culturelle en s'appuyant, non pas sur des postulats théoriques ou idéologiques, mais sur le discours des familles. Comment les familles appréhendent-elles la question des appartenances culturelles et de l'altérité de l'enfant adopté dans le cadre d'une adoption internationale ? Quels liens gardent-elles avec le pays de naissance de l'enfant et sa culture ? Ce travail de recherche s'inscrit dans une approche méthodologique qualitative et s'est focalisé sur le discours des parents adoptants, l'objectif étant de mieux comprendre leurs positions quant aux appartenances culturelles de leur enfant. 66 entretiens semi-structurés ont été recueillis auprès de parents ayant adopté au moins un enfant dans un autre pays que la France, de façon plénière. Le guide d'entretien explore le parcours de l'adoption, le choix du pays, le voyage dans le pays de naissance de l'enfant, les éléments connus de l'histoire de vie de l'enfant avant l'adoption, les liens au pays de naissance de l'enfant, à sa culture, les éventuelles expériences de racisme et de discrimination vécues par l'enfant. La méthode d'analyse du contenu des entretiens est une méthode qualitative, phénoménologique : l'Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis.Les résultats de ce travail s'articulent autour de trois publications.Une première publication consiste en une revue de la littérature sur le concept d'identité culturelle chez les enfants en situation d'adoption internationale.La deuxième publication décrit les positions parentales retrouvées dans notre étude, quant aux liens gardés ou non avec le pays de naissance de l'enfant et sa culture, positions mises en évidence par l'analyse phénoménologique des entretiens. Trois grands types de représentations parentales sont retrouvés.Enfin une troisième publication met en évidence la présence, dans plus de la moitié des entretiens, d'expériences difficiles et violentes pour les parents, potentiellement traumatiques, au moment des premières rencontres avec l'enfant lors du voyage dans le pays de naissance. Les conséquences sur la construction des interactions familiales sont discutées.La discussion porte sur la notion de représentations parentales, fil rouge de ce travail, ainsi que sur les modalités de complexification de la question culturelle : à quel point la question de la culture vient-elle porter ou déplacer la question filiative ? En quoi parler de culture peut-il se confondre avec la question de la visibilité de l'adoption ?Ce travail de recherche a des conséquences directes sur la prise en charge et l'accompagnement des familles adoptantes. En effet représentations parentales et interactions familiales sont intimement liées et jouent un rôle déterminant dans le développement de l'enfant
International adoption is a specific way to belong to a new filiation. Numerous studies have looked at various aspects of the internationally adopted children's outcome. Some studies have sought to show a correlation between the strength of their cultural identity and their psychological development. However the ethnic and cultural identity subject is missing in French research. Furthermore very few studies have examined the adopted children's cultural identity from the adoptive parents' perspective. The objective of this study is to use parents' discourse to explore their representations of their child's cultural belonging.The study includes 51 French parents who adopted one or more children internationally. Each parent participated in a semi-structured interview. The broad topics covered included the adoption procedure, the choice of country, the trip to the child's native country, the child's history before adoption, the current associations with the child's country of birth, the experiences of racism and discrimination. The sample includes 66 semi-structured interviews. The interviews were analyzed according to a qualitative phenomenological method, Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis.The data were published in two original publications and one article has been submitted for publication: The first paper is a review of the cultural identity concept in the population of internationally adopted children.The second paper aims at describing three different parental representations of the child's cultural belonging.The third paper concerns the first parent-child encounters and highlights the difficult, sometimes traumatic experiences made then. We discuss parental representations, and the importance of complexifying the birth culture concept. Is questioning the birth culture replacing questioning the birth parents or even the perceivable physical differences between parents and children? Exploring parental representations of the adopted child enables professionals involved in adoption to provide better support to these families and do preventive work at the level of family interactions
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Neil, Elsbeth Catherine. "Contact with birth relatives after adoption : a study of young, recently placed children." Thesis, University of East Anglia, 2000. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.341012.

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Halifax, Juliette. "L’adoption plénière en France : de l’établissement d’une filiation légale à la constitution d’une filiation sociale." Paris, Muséum national d'histoire naturelle, 2007. http://www.theses.fr/2007MNHN0027.

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Pour une bonne compréhension de la pratique adoptive, l’approche juridique est indispensable. En effet, des différences majeures existent entre la naissance et l’adoption concernant à la fois l’établissement de la filiation et l’accès à la parenté. Ces spécificités ainsi que les éléments contextuels propres à l’histoire de chacun entraînent des différences entre les familles adoptives et les autres. Alors que l’adoption est un sujet fortement médiatisé, cette pratique est peu connue d’un point de vue sociodémographique. En utilisant diverses sources de données cette thèse vient pallier ce manque en décrivant de façon objective les mécanismes de l’adoption et les caractéristiques des principaux acteurs : enfants adoptables, enfants adoptés, candidats à l’adoption et parents adoptifs. Connaître les spécificités sociodémographiques des familles adoptives permet également d’influer sur les représentations dont l’adoption fait l’objet et d’aider les professionnels dans leur activité
A good understanding of the adoptive practice needs a legal approach. Indeed, major differences exist between birth and adoption regarding the implementation of filiation and the access to parenthood. These specificities and some contextual elements of one’s story imply differences between adoptive families and other families. Adoption is a very mediatised subject, but from a socio-demographic point of view, this practice is hardly studied. Using different data sources, this thesis fills this lack of knowledge with an objective description of adoption mechanisms and characteristics of main actors: children available for domestic adoption, adopted children, adoption candidates and adoptive parents. The knowledge about socio-demographic specificities of adoptive families has an impact on adoption representations and could help professionals in their activity
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Tebben, Megan Krystine. "BIRTHPARENTS’ IDENTIFIED NEEDS FOR PRE AND POST ADOPTION SERVICES: IMPACT ON THEIR MENTAL HEALTH." CSUSB ScholarWorks, 2014. https://scholarworks.lib.csusb.edu/etd/90.

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The purpose of this quantitative research project was to examine what services birthparents identified as needed prior to the adoption and post-adoption, what mental health issues and symptoms they are facing, and what the impact of adoption is on birthparents. Data were gathered through an online quantitative survey that relied on a convenient, purposive, and snowball sampling. The surveys were distributed through various birthparent support group websites, and Facebook pages and groups. Results of the research showed that participants that placed a child for adoption prior to 1990 had less access to services than those participants whose adoption occurred after 1990. However, participants in both year groups valued and wanted therapy/counseling, case management services, and support groups equally. The most common mental health symptoms among participants were depression and generalized anxiety and the majority of participants felt that their adoption experience contributed to their mental health symptoms. With this comprehensive understanding, adoption professionals can tailor pre and post-adoption services to meet the unique mental health needs of birthparents.
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Paczkowski, Emilie Ann. "Long-term adjustment of parents adopting from foster care the influence of parent and child factors on perceived positive and negative family impact /." Diss., Restricted to subscribing institutions, 2009. http://proquest.umi.com/pqdweb?did=1930279301&sid=1&Fmt=2&clientId=1564&RQT=309&VName=PQD.

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Baltimore, Diana L. "Understanding the concept of adoption a qualitative analysis with adoptees and their parents /." [Ames, Iowa : Iowa State University], 2008.

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Li, Lu. "FOR THE BEST INTERESTS OF ORPHANS: GENDER, RACE, AND RELIGION IN VIETNAMESE ADOPTION." OpenSIUC, 2019. https://opensiuc.lib.siu.edu/dissertations/1672.

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Situated within the historiography of transnational child adoption, this dissertation explores the history of transnational child adoption from Vietnam by Americans in the Vietnam War. This story of Vietnamese adoption begins with comparing and contrasting representations of American and Vietnamese parenthood during the War. While American servicemen and women were highly praised for their humanitarianism in Vietnam and portrayed as good mothers and fathers to Vietnamese children, Vietnamese women were depicted as prostitutes, bar girls, and potential enemies in American public memory. This dissertation argues that the sexualized representation of Vietnamese women and the focus on American humanitarianism provided justifications for the transnational adoption of Vietnamese children but concealed the violence of the War that led to the displacement of Vietnamese children in the very beginning. It also shows how racial and religious relations in the U.S. complicated the picture of Vietnamese adoption. African American civil rights movement at home motivated black social workers to fight for the rights of black families to adopt black children domestically and transnationally. Meanwhile, American adoptive parents were subject to the scrutiny of Catholic orphanage directors in Vietnam and American social workers who tried to uphold religious matching in adoption. Finally, this dissertation ends with exploring controversies around Operation Babylift, a US government-sponsored evacuation of Vietnamese “orphans” to the US. Labeled as a humanitarian operation, the Babylift invoked criticism over its morality as more than 130 children were killed by an airplane crash and hundreds of children ended up being illegally brought to the US for adoption.
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Willey, Betty Jo. "An examination of an educational innovation opinion leadership in charter school adoption /." Laramie, Wyo. : University of Wyoming, 2006. http://proquest.umi.com/pqdweb?did=1225134621&sid=1&Fmt=2&clientId=18949&RQT=309&VName=PQD.

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Axell, Paola. "Man har henne bara till låns : Adoptivföräldrars förhållningssätt till föräldraskapet och sina barns biologiska ursprung." Thesis, Stockholms universitet, Institutionen för socialt arbete - Socialhögskolan, 2010. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:su:diva-43312.

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The aim of this study was to examine how adoptive parents related to parenting and how they related to their children’s biological origin. Issues that were used were how adoptive parents described their own parenting, how they described their own thoughts about their children eventually wanting to search their biological origin and how adoptive parents described the child´s country of birth attitudes towards adoptees wishes to search their biological origin. The method used was qualitative research interviews. The theory that was used for analyzing the collected data was attachment theory. Results from the study showed that the interviewees had different opinions on how adoptive parenting was understood. The varying interview answers from the interviewees show that there is no general picture of what is specific to be an adoptive parent compared to a biological parent. At the same time, the data shows that all interviewees had experienced specific situations about their parenting that distinguishes them as adoptive parents. The results also showed that the adoptive parents are very positive about their children biological origin. Furthermore, results also showed that attitudes towards adoptees wishes to search their biological origin vary depending on the country of birth.
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Nedelcu, Cristina. "The Impact of Pre-Adoption Stress on the Romanian Adoptees' Transitions to Adulthood and Adult Attachment: Perspectives of the Adoptees and the Adoptive Parents." Case Western Reserve University School of Graduate Studies / OhioLINK, 2019. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=case1539610709123468.

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Gladstone, Amy R. "Assessing the Genetic Counseling Needs of Parents who have Adopted a Child with Duchenne or Becker Muscular Dystrophy." University of Cincinnati / OhioLINK, 2013. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1367924226.

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Sohrabi-Shiraz, Jamin. "Creating an attachment theory and adoption psychology based training programme for parents and school staff." Thesis, University of Manchester, 2014. https://www.research.manchester.ac.uk/portal/en/theses/creating-an-attachment-theory-and-adoption-psychology-based-training-programme-for-parents-and-school-staff(07793584-953c-4b6f-ad3a-70276f0b1b76).html.

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Background: The Local Authority (LA) in which the researcher works has a high proportion of Adopted Children (5.5% of all Cared For Children), which is well above the national average. As part of placement duties the researcher began developing working relationships with the Adoption and Special Guardianship (ASG) Team, which supported children, schools and parents. ASG identified a lack of understanding among school staff and parents with regard to issues faced by adoptive children and support from the Educational Psychology service was requested. The focus of the research was to create a new training programme to be delivered in schools to members of staff and adoptive parents in partnership with the ASG team. Participants: Twenty participants took part in both focus group and training programme. These were parents of adopted children, representatives from the children’s schools, an EP and ASG team members. Methods: A mixed method design was conducted gathering qualitative and quantitative data for pre and post evaluation of the training programme. Information was gathered using a mixture of semi and unstructured structured focus groups and pre- and post evaluations through questionnaires which gathered ordinal scale data and personal statements. Content analysis and statistical analysis were used to analyse outcomes. Analysis/Findings: A range of themes was found in pre-programme creation generated from initial focus group data, focusing on experience sharing parental and school support, awareness of attachment issues and their impact on behaviour and learning and support to create strategies for children in schools and at home. Conclusion/Implications: The creation of the training programme was able to address the needs of parents and school staff and awareness of attachment issues was raised. The unique contribution of the EP was identified and discussed and possible implications for future research into this area were identified.
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Duran, Stephanie Frances. "Achieving permanency in the adoptions of special needs children: What factors lead to adoption disruption?" CSUSB ScholarWorks, 2011. https://scholarworks.lib.csusb.edu/etd-project/3316.

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The purpose of this study was to look at the factors that lead to disruption in the adoption of special needs children. Families that adopt special needs children may or may not be aware that they need post adoption services and may be reluctant to ask for them even when they are experiencing difficulty.
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Bergvall, Anna, and Sara Ståhlfors. "Att blir förälder till ett barn som redan finns : En kvalitativ studie om föräldrar som adopterat och deras upplevelse av sitt föräldraskap." Thesis, Örebro University, School of Law, Psychology and Social Work, 2009. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:oru:diva-7349.

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Becoming an adoptive parent is not always easy. There are positive and negative factors affecting the parent’s experience. The aim of this study is to examine being an adoptive parent to an internationally adopted child based on association, parenthood and ethnic belonging. Frame of interpretation consists of attachment and separations, parenthood and family and ethnic origin and belonging. In order to fulfil the purpose of the study qualitative interviews were made. The selection consisted of six adoptive families that were separately interviewed, one occasion each. The result indicated that some families did not experience any specific difficulties in their parenting whereas other families did. The experiences differed between those who had adopted an older child and those who had adopted a younger child. Association was considered a long and time consuming process. The parents did not consider it to be anything special about being and adoptive parent but they mentioned that the child at the homecoming displayed symptoms from having gone through an adoption. The reaction from the surroundings had not affected the families to any extent worth mentioning but they still expressed that the child’s appearance was important as they wished the child to be similar looking. The conclusion is therefore that it is something special about being an adoptive parent.

 

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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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Shinkfield, Carol. "An exploration of the experience of children and prospective parents as they transition into a permanent placement arrangement an interpretive collective case study : a thesis presented in fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Philosophy at Auckland University of Technology, New Zealand, 2007." Click here to access this resource online, 2007. http://hdl.handle.net/10292/417.

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This research study examines the psychological and emotional experiences of children and parents as they embark on a permanent placement living arrangement. A permanent placement living arrangement is entered into when a child is no longer able to reside with their family of origin. Three family groups participated in the study and separate interviews were conducted with both the children and placement parents. Overall, three interviews were conducted, with the first interview taking place prior to the child’s transition into the family. A further two interviews were conducted with the participants after the transition had taken place. The findings of this study indicate that both the parents and children were profoundly affected by the experience of permanent placement. The common themes that emerged from the data were the hopes, anxieties and coping strategies of the participants which became the focal point of analysis. The parents experienced a mixture of fulfilment, tempered with anxieties of whether they would be able to provide adequate care for the child placed with them. Whereas, the children appeared to find it difficult to trust that this experience would be any different from their previous experiences. The study concludes that further attention is needed in the preparation for the transition into permanent placement. It further concludes that ‘after transition’ support is important to the stability of the placement.
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