Being adopted

Juffer, Femmie; Tieman, Wendy

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“…a caring and loving family who can suffice their needs, a better life or future), and negative feelings related to loss. These negative feelings may include sadness, anxiety, rejection, anger, or the unfulfilled wish to have been born in the adoptive family (Brodzinsky et al, 1984; Juffer & Tieman, 2009).…”

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Adoption-related feelings, loss, and curiosity about origins in adopted adolescents

Barroso

Barbosa‐Ducharne

2019

Clin Child Psychol Psychiatry

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Adoption involves strong emotions. From the adoptee’s point of view, adoption means not only the gain of a new family but also inevitable losses. This study aims at analyzing adoption-related feelings, which include the feelings of loss and the ensuing curiosity about the birth family and pre-adoption life. A total of 81 adopted adolescents, aged 12–22, adopted at 4 years of age, on average, participated in this study. The data were collected using the Questionnaire of Adoption-related Feelings and the Adopted Adolescents Interview, which allowed for the identification of the experiences, feelings, and attitudes of the adopted adolescents regarding their story before and after adoption, and their feelings towards their birth family. The results showed that most participants did not identify adoption-related losses. Nevertheless, they acknowledged the existence of some aspects of their adoption story that made them feel sad and angry and could identify several difficulties associated with their adoptive status. Participants showed low levels of curiosity even if they were mostly curious about the reasons why they had been placed up for adoption. The adoptees’ feelings when thinking about their birth parents, the curiosity regarding their past, and their adoption-related losses predicted their feelings related to the adoption experience. Several implications for the psychological practice with adopted adolescents will be presented.

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Adoption-related feelings, loss, and curiosity about origins in adopted adolescents

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Barbosa‐Ducharne

2019

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“…A similar survey was used with the adoptive families across all three countries. Drawing from Dutch researchers (Juffer & Tieman, 2009), items related to cultural identity and discrimination were added as were items predictive of BCS of Chinese children adopted by American families (Tessler et al, 1999). The scales This document is copyrighted by the American Psychological Association or one of its allied publishers.…”

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Race and bicultural socialization in the Netherlands, Norway, and the United States of America in the adoptions of children from India.

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Groza²,

Tieman³

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Cultural Diversity & Ethnic Minority Psychology

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A cross-national sample of 622 internationally adopted children from India with White parents in The Netherlands (n = 409), Norway (n = 146), and the United States (n = 67) was used to contrast country-specific bicultural socialization (BCS) practices among families of transracial intercountry adoption. The 3 countries vary in their degrees of minority (US > Netherlands > Norway) and Indian populations (US > Norway > Netherlands). The current study examined parental survey trends among BCS practices, children's negative encounters about adoption, racial and positive discrimination, and parental worry about these issues. Country-specific differences were revealed: The United States and Norway (greatest Indian populations) reported the greatest similarity in BCS practices, classmates being a source of negative reactions/racial discrimination, and parental worry. The American sample encountered greater negative reactions to adoption from others; Dutch children experienced the least negative reactions from others overall, yet as in the United States (samples with the greatest minority heterogeneity) they still noted significant experiences of racial discrimination. Country-specific sociopolitical perceptions about adoption, ethnicity/race, and immigration are considered as factors that may have been used to inform parenting practices that facilitate children's biculturalism into family life (i.e., adoptive family stigma, percentages of Indian/minority populations, immigration policy trends). Concluding, cross-national research such as the current study may help intercountry adoption policymakers and practitioners to better understand and inform BCS practices in adoptive families.

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“…International adoptees' ethnic self-identification, an "identity that develops as a function of one's ethnic group membership" [11] (p. 792), has been a transdisciplinary field of inquiry over the last few decades, and there is a large body of literature focusing on Chinese adoptees in the North American context [12][13][14][15][16]. Much less is known about this specific group of adoptees in other parts of the world [17,18], particularly concerning their ethnic identity and attitudes towards their birth country. Our paper takes Norway as a case study and raises two research questions: (1) How do China-born adopted Norwegian citizens perceive their ethnic identity?…”

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A Norwegian Soul in a Chinese Body? Ethnic Identity and Chinese Adoptees in Norway

2022

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The ethnic identity of international adoptees has been a transdisciplinary field of inquiry over the past decades. Taking China-born adopted Norwegian citizens as research subjects, this study uses a mixed-method approach to explore how they perceive their ethnic identity and origin in the host society of Norway. We find that Chinese adoptees mainly identify as racially Chinese but culturally Norwegian, and their Chineseness lies primarily in their appearance. They generally feel secure about their ethnic background despite the challenges and paradoxes caused by their Chinese looks. Most adoptees have no attachment to their birth country, and their interests in China and Chinese culture are usually instrumental and individual-based. Three main socio-cultural factors shape the ethnic identity of China-born adopted children: (1) the negligible impact of their pre-adoptive history upon them, (2) a supportive family environment acknowledging their differences, and (3) an inclusive socio-cultural environment that respects ethnic diversities. No clear tendency towards constructing or enacting double identities among the adoptees was found. Finally, our respondents reported fewer racist experiences than suggested by recent literature on migrants and international adoptees in current literature. This aspect needs further research, also in reference to other cohorts of adoptees.

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Being adopted

Cited by 34 publications

References 21 publications

Adoption-related feelings, loss, and curiosity about origins in adopted adolescents

Adoption-related feelings, loss, and curiosity about origins in adopted adolescents

Race and bicultural socialization in the Netherlands, Norway, and the United States of America in the adoptions of children from India.

A Norwegian Soul in a Chinese Body? Ethnic Identity and Chinese Adoptees in Norway

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