Global ETD Search
Search theses and dissertations gathered from participating repositories worldwide. Every result links back to the library that holds it. No account is needed.
Results
Showing 1 to 9 of 9 for “"Open adoption"”.
-
A unique loss : the experience of birthmothers in open adoption
Since 1984, regular contact, or openness, between birthmothers and the adoptive family has been practised in the state of Victoria, Australia. Open arrangements, that is, face-to-face contact and information exchange, are written into the Adoption Order and legally ratified by the Victorian County …
-
The experience of Australian relinquishing mothers in open adoption: contact, psychological adjustment and grief
… examined relinquishing mothers experiences in open adoption in the state of Victoria, Australia. The quantitative study aimed to document the actual practice of contact, and to examine the associations between contact and psychological adjustment and grief of relinquishing mothers. The study …
-
"Being" and "doing" - adoptive parents' experience of parenthood in the context of open adoption : an interpretative phenomenological analysis
… 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 …
-
Open adoption in Victoria, Australia: adoptive parents' reports of children's experience of birth family contact in relation to child wellbeing
Open adoption, in which adopted children may have contact with their birth family, is a relatively new phenomenon in the adoption field. It was introduced in Victoria, Australia, in 1984, and no Australian research as to its nature and effectiveness has been published to date. The experience of 60 …
-
Adoption anxiety among prospective adoptive parents
Adoption has existed for thousands of years. Originally, the process was closed, i.e., the natural and the adopting parents did not have direct contact with one another. They remained anonymous. Recently, the process has opened up to include an open adoption, i.e., the natural and adopting parents …
-
Helping First Nations children-in-care develop a healthy identity
… social work practices; cultural planning; open and custom open adoption; facilitating cross-cultural connections; and the importance of language in cross-cultural understanding.
-
Birth Parent Love Portrayed in Domestic Adoption Children's Literature
This thesis examines domestic adoption children’s literature published in the 1970’s, 1980’s, and 1990’s, to assess if the authors portrayed birth parent love through narration and/or illustration toward the child relinquished for adoption. The study reveals that over time there is a statistical …
-
The impending revolution : the prospect for openness in Korean-American adoptions
This thesis explores the potential for openness in international adoptions and, more specifically, in Korean-American adoptions. Open adoptions are becoming more common in the United States. More adoptees are also searching for their birthfamilies. These changes resulted from social evolutions that …