2010
DOI: 10.1080/10926755.2010.524872
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Exploring Motivations to Adopt

Abstract: it relates to recruitment of adoptive families for children needing homes. Findings show that families using the three main types of adoption-foster care, private domestic, and international-have somewhat similar motivations for adopting. Infertile couples are found within each adoption type and are happy with their choice. While many families adopting more than one child choose the same adoption type for each adoption, many families do not, choosing to adopt their children through different means.

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“…This literature has been limited in several ways. First, it tends to examine the experiences of foster parents who are not actively seeking to adopt (Downs & James, 2006; Rindfleisch, Bean, & Denby, 1998); or, parents who have already adopted (Malm & Welti, 2010; Vandivere & McKlindon, 2010). Second, few studies have examined the immediate post-placement period among couples adopting via child welfare (Kramer & Houston, 1998; McGlone et al, 2002), although there is a modest literature focusing on the post-adoption placement period (and post-placement services) more generally (Dhami, Mandel, & Sothman, 2007; Ryan, Nelson, & Siebert, 2009; Wind, Brooks, & Barth, 2007).…”
Section: Becoming Foster-to-adopt Parents: Unique Issues and Challengesmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…This literature has been limited in several ways. First, it tends to examine the experiences of foster parents who are not actively seeking to adopt (Downs & James, 2006; Rindfleisch, Bean, & Denby, 1998); or, parents who have already adopted (Malm & Welti, 2010; Vandivere & McKlindon, 2010). Second, few studies have examined the immediate post-placement period among couples adopting via child welfare (Kramer & Houston, 1998; McGlone et al, 2002), although there is a modest literature focusing on the post-adoption placement period (and post-placement services) more generally (Dhami, Mandel, & Sothman, 2007; Ryan, Nelson, & Siebert, 2009; Wind, Brooks, & Barth, 2007).…”
Section: Becoming Foster-to-adopt Parents: Unique Issues and Challengesmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…De hecho, es considerada como un predictor de la tendencia del flujo adoptivo (Jones, 2008;Vandivere et al, 2009). Sin embargo, en las últimas décadas, la adopción deja de ser exclusivamente una alternativa a la imposibilidad de acceder a la paternidad biológica (adopción tradicional) para convertirse en una opción de filiación elegida (adopción preferencial) (Anderson et al, 1993;Malm y Welti, 2010). La diversificación de las rutas de acceso a la adopción queda también impresa en las distintas estructuras a las que dan lugar las familias adoptivas según tipo de filiación.…”
Section: Sociodemografía De Las Familias Adoptivasunclassified
“…Sin embargo, y en el marco del proceso de individualización social, uno de los elementos definitorios con el que se presenta la adopción contemporánea es su desvinculación con la imposibilidad de tener hijos biológicos, circunstancia que ha devenido en la diversificación tanto del perfil de padres, madres y menores adoptados como de las motivaciones subyacentes (Anderson et al 1993;malm y Welti 2010). Al convertirse la adopción en una opción electiva de filiación, las familias adoptivas ejemplifican estructuralmente las dos dimensiones paradigmáticas de la familia postmoderna.…”
Section: Actitudes Y Opiniones De La Población Frente a La Adopciónunclassified