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Showing 1 to 20 of 51 for “"adoptive parents"”.
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Adoption anxiety among prospective adoptive parents
… 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 meet each other before the adoption process is completed and they …
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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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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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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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Adoption reunion and the experience of the adoptive parents : an exploratory study
… of an adoption reunion registry allowing birth parents and adoptees to become reacquainted. Studies of adoption reunion have focused primarily on the experience from the perspective of the adoptee or birth parent. There has been little attention given, to date, to the adoptive parents' …
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An exploration of the nature and function of psychoanalytic parent work with adoptive parents
… nature and function of the interventions with adoptive parents that run alongside this work (Whitefield and Midgley, 2015; Robinson, Luyten and Midgley, 2017). This study explores the experiences of four psychoanalytic child psychotherapists, who work in a specialist fostering, adoption and …
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The Role of Hardiness, Family Hardiness, and Parenting Self-Efficacy on Parenting Stress in Adoptive Parents
<p>Adoptive parents are at risk for experiencing a high level of parenting stress (McGlone, Santos, Kazama, Fong, & Mueller, 2002) throughout the duration of the adoption experience. Adoptee background factors have been found to contribute to increased levels of parenting stress and distress in …
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"Being" and "doing" - adoptive parents' experience of parenthood in the context of open adoption : an interpretative phenomenological analysis
… 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 …
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EFFECTS OF ATTACHMENT STYLES OF FOSTER AND ADOPTIVE PARENTS ON THE RELATIONAL INTERACTIONS OF THEIR FOSTER AND ADOPTIVE CHILDREN
… <p>These reasons often point towards parents’ inability to provide appropriate</p> <p>protection and safety for their children. After removal, many children are placed in</p> <p>foster homes of relatives, non-related extended family members, group homes,</p> <p>and county or private …
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Open adoption in Victoria, Australia: adoptive parents' reports of children's experience of birth family contact in relation to child wellbeing
… in the present study through reports of their adoptive parents, and compared with those pertaining to 31 nonadopted children. Using both quantitative and qualitative methodologies, the study aimed to document patterns of post-placement contact occurring between children and their birth …
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Adoptive Parenting From Placement to Adoption Order: “Long, Gruelling, Intrusive and in the End… Just Another Number on Someone’s Spreadsheet”
… of parental rights from birth parent(s) to adoptive parent(s) (Seymor 2019). This research will consider the lived experiences of eight adoptive parents during the process of adopting their children, all eight adoptive parents have been given full parental responsibilities through the UK …
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Rasch Analysis of Relational Well-Being Within the National Survey of Adoptive Parents of 2007: A Comparison of Multidimensional, Consecutive, and Unidimensional Approaches to Measure Construction
… data collected through the National Survey of Adoptive Parents of 2007 (NSAP) for the well-being items represented a single latent construct and to establish a base model for comparison. A consecutive approach was then used as an exploratory tool to draw out potential multiple dimensions. …
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Factors Related to the Racial Socialization of Asian American Children
… socialization strategies among transracially adoptive parents' has increased, reflecting the unique racial, cultural, and family dynamics among American families. The purpose of this study is to expand upon this literature, exploring the racial makeup of adoptive parents' interpersonal …
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Psychological Adjustment of Korean-Born Adolescents Adopted by American Families
… of the study stress the transaction between adoptive parents and children in terms of sharing experiences of children's ethnic socialization and establishes that positive relationship is the fundamental factor for children to develop a unique process of identity development. The outcomes of …
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Emerging identities: New subjects within gay adoption
… and subject positions of gay male foster and adoptive parents. Using late twentieth and early twenty-first century cultural texts, I apply a Foucaultian perspective to analyze how controversies over gay adoptions articulate shifts in contemporary American discourses of homosexuality and the …
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Perspectives on the adoption experience from adult adoptees in search of their roots
… experience, both for the adoptees and for the adoptive parents. The literature also addresses the necessity of adequate training for professionals who work with adoptees, adoptive parents, or birth parents. This study examined the adult adoptees' perception of whether the adoptive mother …
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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
… 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 differently than the …
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The impending revolution : the prospect for openness in Korean-American adoptions
… because both international adoptees and their adoptive parents are exposed to the adoption rights movements in this country. It seems probable that international adoptees will desire contact with their birthfamily as domestic adoptees have. This thesis uses the trend toward openness in the …
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Adoption : salient experiences of a sample of adult adoptees
… These were: age of placement; attachment in the adoptive home; manner and timing of revelation of adoptive status and adoptee reactions to this; adoptee thoughts and fears concerning birth parents, the school experience; identity problems in adolescence and adulthood manifested as insecurity or …
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