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BIRTHPARENTS’ IDENTIFIED NEEDS FOR PRE AND POST ADOPTION SERVICES: IMPACT ON THEIR MENTAL HEALTH
… 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 …
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Navigating Emotional Transitions: A Study of Self-Perception and Emotion in Bio-Childfree Women Entering a Blended Family
… respect, be accepted, and manage conflict with birthparents; Effects on mental health and well-being, in that participants reported higher stress, depression, and loss of self-esteem; and Struggles in marriage and lack of support from partners, in that stepmothers felt unsupported in their …
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A critical ethnography exploring African American biological parents' experiences with child welfare service providers
African American children are disproportionately represented in the child welfare and foster care system. While there is no statistically significant difference between race and rates of maltreatment, African Americans are more likely to be reported, investigated, have their children removed from …
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Behavioural problems of children in foster care as affected by attachment to and visitation with biological parents
The following paper examines the literature on attachment and children in foster care to form the foundation for a study of the effects of attachment and visitation on the behavioural problems of these children. It begins with an overview of the area of attachment, focusing on the work of Bowlby, …