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Adoption anxiety among prospective adoptive parents
… has created some anxiety among the prospective adoptive parents regarding the possibility that their contact with the birth mother may somehow create a problem or spoil a successful adoption from taking place. Anxiety surrounding this process may manifest itself in three ways: (1) physical and …
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Stress and coping among adoptive parents
… coping responses on emotional stress among 99 adoptive parents who responded to a mailed questionnaire. Factor analysis identified use of three problem-focused coping strategies (planful problem-solving, cognitive reappraisal, confrontive coping) and four emotion-focused coping strategies …
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Adoptive governance in distributed agile development projects
The current study responds to calls for research to increase the knowledge on how development firms could generate and enhance value from their distributed IT projects. Recent literature indicates the need for studies to address significant challenges of distributed information systems development …
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Adoptive transfer of immunity to rabies virus
… in efforts to transfer immunity to rabies virus adoptively in various laboratory and wildlife animals. Transfer factor activity was measured by observing the mortality ratio of treated and untreated animals challenged with CVS-27 rabies virus, by the lymphocyte proliferation assay and by the …
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Adoptive Status, Social Capital, and Academic Achievement
… dissertation examined the relationships among adoptive status, social capital, and academic achievement. Data from the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health (Add Health) had 609 adopted and 11, 940 non-adopted adolescents. I used OLS regression models to help explain why adopted …
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EFFECTS OF ATTACHMENT STYLES OF FOSTER AND ADOPTIVE PARENTS ON THE RELATIONAL INTERACTIONS OF THEIR FOSTER AND ADOPTIVE CHILDREN
… examined the attachment styles of 37 foster and adoptive parents in</p> <p>three separate private Foster Family Agencies in both San Bernardino and</p> <p>Riverside Counties. Foster and adoptive parents were assessed through the</p> <p>Relationship Questionnaire through a tool, which examined …
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Disability discrimination of prospective adoptive and foster parents
… the laws and regulations surrounding the adoptive and foster care process create unnecessary barriers. Vague health requirements, lack of protections for disabled prospective parents, and the patchwork of state laws threaten that disability impedes persons throughout the United States from …
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Constructions of adoptive and foster mothering : a discourse analysis
… In-depth interviews were conducted with 21 adoptive and foster mothers and data were analysed through discourse analysis. Ten key discourses and eight main constructs emerged. Participants engaged with discourses of natural mothering, and good mothering in which the constructs of the good …
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EXPLORING THE EXPERIENCES OF SAME-SEX FOSTER AND ADOPTIVE PARENTS
<p>Foster and adoptive parents are crucial in the child welfare system, with the large number of foster children in the system at any time. Same-sex foster and adoptive homes are underrepresented in the child welfare system, despite the shortage and need for more certified foster and adoptive …
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Studies on Adoptive Immunization to Plasmodium Berghei in Syngenic Rats
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The Characterization of T-Cell Manufacturing For Adoptive T-Cell Therapies
<p>Adoptive T-cell therapy using genetically modified T cells has emerged as a potential therapeutic option for several malignancies. Central to the production of the cellular therapy is the manufacturing using a stimulation, genetic engineering, and expansion methodology. Within this framework, …
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Targeting An Ancient Retrovirus During Melanoma Using Adoptive T Cells Therapy
… approach is being used in clinical trials to adoptively transfer CD19-specific CAR<sup>+</sup> T cells in patients with B-lineage malignancies. To generate T-cell therapy for melanoma we targeted a TAA derived from human endogenous retroviruses (HERV), whose genome stably integrated into …
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Caregiver attachment representations and caregiver-child interactions in adoptive and foster dyads.
… security in both biologically related and adoptive caregiver-child dyads. Caregiver attachment representations (Balanced, Disengaged, and Distorted) as measured by the WMCI were hypothesized to correspond with the quality of parent-child interaction ratings on the MIM, coded using the …
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An Analysis of Adoption Ministry Programs for Adoptive Parents in Korean Churches
… ministry programs to successfully support adoptive parents who have experienced difficulties in their adoptive family life by examining adoptive parents' practical needs and practical consideration of adoption ministry programs in adoption ministry churches. Chapter 1 presents the research …
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A Qualitative Study of the Lived Experience of Single, Gay Adoptive Fathers
… unique experiences of single, gay men who became adoptive parents after "coming out", or establishing a gay identity. To illustrate these unique and common experiences, individual ethnographic interviews were conducted with 16 fathers residing throughout the United States, as well as …
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A co-cultural communicative exploration of gay and lesbian transracial adoptive parenthood
… population of gay and lesbian transracial adoptive (TRA) parents communicated with the other culturally dominant members of their society. It then analyzed the communication behaviors found to see if any differences existed in their interactions. Finally, the communication behaviors were …
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