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“…Contemporary adoption practice, with it's emphasis on ‘openness’ and an expectation that children will have some form of contact with their birth relatives (Lowe et al. 1999; Parker 1999), bears little resemblance to ‘closed’ adoptions that were constructed as ‘socially and legally endorsed forms of kinship equivalent to blood ties’ (Logan & Smith 2005) representing a complete severance from the child's family of origin.…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Contemporary adoption practice, with it's emphasis on ‘openness’ and an expectation that children will have some form of contact with their birth relatives (Lowe et al. 1999; Parker 1999), bears little resemblance to ‘closed’ adoptions that were constructed as ‘socially and legally endorsed forms of kinship equivalent to blood ties’ (Logan & Smith 2005) representing a complete severance from the child's family of origin.…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Those that address participants’ experiences with one another and feelings about those experiences tend to be qualitative and/or based on very small samples (e.g., Logan & Smith, 2005; Siegel, 1993; Silverstein & Demick, 1994). The present study uses a large sample (177 adoptive kinship networks) to examine experiences and feelings about contact.…”
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confidence: 99%
“…However, adopters were similarly alert to implied and overt indications that their parental relationship with the child was not legitimized by birth relatives, and this was experienced as a challenge to their status as a family. As reported elsewhere (Logan & Smith 2005;Neil 2009), contact was more difficult, or non-existent, with birth relatives who did not accept the permanence of the adoption or the parental role of adopters.…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 77%
“…It acknowledges the need for further research that includes the voice of adoptees, birth relatives and adoption practitioners, and endorses the value of studies that include matched triangles of participants (e.g. Logan & Smith 2005;Neil 2009).…”
Section: T H E S T U Dy F O C U S a N D M E T H O D O L O G Ymentioning
confidence: 99%