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Showing 1 to 20 of 40 for “"Adoptees"”.
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Embodying The Hyphen: An Ethnography On Korean Adoptees
… in 1953. Due to the large number of Korean adoptees living in the U.S. the potential for ethnographic research is profound. Past studies have favored adoptive parents’ perspectives over that of Korean adoptees. This study aims to address that limitation in hopes of contributing to the …
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Growing up adopted: an examination of adoptees' socialization experiences
… positive and negative remarks made to adult adoptees' while growing up as an adopted person in our culture and their attitudes towards adoption. Our current understanding of adoption adjustment is based on unsupported opinion emanating primarily from theory, which tends to frame adoption as …
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A Phenomenological Exploration of Korean Adoptees’ Multiple Minority Identities
… international transracial adoption, Korean adoptees may undergo events that impact the salience and development of multiple minority identities, including: racial, ethnic, cultural, and as an adoptee. These experiences may be shaped by interactions with socialization/reculturation …
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Adoption : salient experiences of a sample of adult adoptees
… responses. The sample comprised eighty-two adult adoptees between the ages of eighteen and seventy, of whom seventy-one percent were female, twenty-nine percent male, 58,5 percent Afrikaans speaking and 41,5 percent English- speaking. Cultural differences were found in the responses of the two …
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A Phenomenological Study of Racialized Experiences of Asian Adopt Adoptees
… and ethnic identity as described by adult Asian adoptees who were transracially and internationally adopted. Particular focus of the study examined the racialization experiences and the relationships between racial and ethnic identity and socialization, and identified key influences on …
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TAN BUT NOT TOO TAN: Understanding Skin Color Amongst Chinese Transnational Adoptees
… have primarily ignored Chinese transnational adoptees. Often, research in this area operates under the assumption that there is knowledge of East Asian culture shaping skin color preference, but for Chinese adoptees, extensive and lived knowledge surrounding skin color is not guaranteed among …
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Perspectives on the adoption experience from adult adoptees in search of their roots
… experience from the perspective of adult adoptees has received some attention in the literature on adoption. The literature suggests there are a number of factors that may either detract from or enhance the adoption experience, both for the adoptees and for the adoptive parents. The …
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A phenomenological study of the experiences of adult transracial adoptees in South Africa
… limited research has been dedicated to the adoptees themselves. Therefore, the aim of this study was to explore the lived experiences of adult transracial adoptees in South Africa. In-depth interviews were conducted with seven participants, and data were analysed using Interpretative …
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Beneath the Beauty: A Mixed Method Approach to Examining Identity Negotiation Among Asian Transracial Adoptees
… complex identities: Asian transracial adoptees. In the past six decades, more than 280,000 infants and children in Asian countries were abandoned or surrendered to social welfare institutes and were subsequently adopted by American families, making Asian transracial adoptees (ATRAs) a …
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Adoptees and adoptive families: an exploration of the formation of the legal family, the stigma of adoption, and the decision to search
… research on adoption, and surveys of 41 adoptees and 15 adoptive parents in order to address four primary questions: 1.What factors have influenced adoption historically, and continue to influence current practices? 2.In what ways does the legal system treat the adoptive family …
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BEYOND HONORARY WHITENESS: IDEOLOGIES OF BELONGING AND KOREAN ADOPTEE IDENTITIES
… and a racial order – and the effects on Korean adoptees’ identity development. This dissertation asks the following questions: What role has Korean adoption played in the U.S. racial formation? What role do various levels of social structure (e.g., media, interpersonal interactions) play in …
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Development and Assessment of the Adoptee Experiences of Microaggressions Scale (AEMS)
… mental health services at higher rates than non-adoptees (Juffer & van Ijzendoorn, 2005; Keyes et al., 2008). One contributing factor to such symptoms may be their experiences of microaggressions and social stigma (Wegar, 2000). Microaggressions have been defined as "everyday slights, putdowns, …
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The search for missing pieces: a grounded theory of adult adoptees' experiences of searching and re-engaging with birth families.
The lived experience of adult adoptees in searching and re-engaging with birth families is an under-researched area, and receives limited focus in social work practice and policy. The aim of this study is to explore both the experience and the impact of searching and re-engaging with birth families …
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Adoption reunions: an exploratory study of the ‘lived experience’ of Irish adult intercountry adoptees who have reunions with their birth families in the digital age
… to Ireland. It examines how intercountry adoptees have reunions with their birth families online and in-person, and how experiences of contact and reunion with their birth family contribute to their identity construction. The rationale for studying reunion in intercountry adoption to …
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The impending revolution : the prospect for openness in Korean-American adoptions
… becoming more common in the United States. More adoptees are also searching for their birthfamilies. These changes resulted from social evolutions that reduced the stigmas surrounding adoption and illegitimacy. Changes in domestic adoptions affect international adoptions because both …
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The well-being and identities of 14- to 26-year-old intercountry adoptees and their non-adopted migrant peers in Western Australia
… 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 …
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