2014
DOI: 10.1080/10926755.2014.945703
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Letting Her Go: Western Adoptive Families’ Search and Reunion With Chinese Birth Parents

Abstract: This is the first study to investigate the trend of adopted individuals from China who search for and reunite with their birth parents. The authors suggest that the closed nature of China's international adoption program and growing ethical concerns about children's true origins impact the desire to search. Due to the generally younger ages of Chinese adoptees, adoptive parents have taken an unprecedentedly proactive role in this process. This article relies on in-depth interviews with adopted children and ado… Show more

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“…Although there is no comprehensive data on how many adoptees have searched for and reunited with their birth families, it is assumed that these adoptees searching and reuniting with their birth families has been observed as a post-adoption phenomenon. While studies on adoptees' reunion experiences have mainly been conducted on domestic adoptions (Affleck and Steed, 2001;Browning and Duncan, 2005;Gladstone and Westhues, 1998;Howe and Feast, 2001;Lifton, 2009;Passmore and Feeney, 2009), there has been research focused on the reunion experience of transnational adoptees (Docan-Morgan, 2014, 2016Son, 2013;Wang et al, 2015).…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Although there is no comprehensive data on how many adoptees have searched for and reunited with their birth families, it is assumed that these adoptees searching and reuniting with their birth families has been observed as a post-adoption phenomenon. While studies on adoptees' reunion experiences have mainly been conducted on domestic adoptions (Affleck and Steed, 2001;Browning and Duncan, 2005;Gladstone and Westhues, 1998;Howe and Feast, 2001;Lifton, 2009;Passmore and Feeney, 2009), there has been research focused on the reunion experience of transnational adoptees (Docan-Morgan, 2014, 2016Son, 2013;Wang et al, 2015).…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…I takt med att det har blivit allt vanligare att göra en adoptionsåterresa som familj har senare studier uppmärksammat familjedimensionen av resorna och de förväntningar som barn/unga vuxna och föräldrar har inför resan (se exempelvis Chin Ponte, Kim Wang och Pen-Shian Fan, 2010;Powers, 2011a;Wang et al, 2015). Föräldrar intar ofta en aktiv roll i beslutsprocesser rörande adoptionsåterresor och drivs av en vilja att bejaka barns ursprung (Howell, 2009;Wang, Ponte och Weber Ollen, 2015).…”
Section: Adoptionsåterresorunclassified
“…Föräldrar intar ofta en aktiv roll i beslutsprocesser rörande adoptionsåterresor och drivs av en vilja att bejaka barns ursprung (Howell, 2009;Wang, Ponte och Weber Ollen, 2015). Adoptivföräldrar kan även drivas av en vilja att skapa en djupare förståelse för, och komplettera, barnens bakgrundshistoria genom att uppleva födelselandet och kulturen (Chin Ponte et al, 2010;Howell, 2004) samt att hantera emotionella aspekter på grund av avsaknaden av kunskap om barnets bakgrund (Powers, 2017;Wang et al, 2015). En amerikansk studie om familjeadoptionsåterresor till Kina visar att föräldrar överlag är mer positivt inställda till resorna än de berörda barnen, 8-11 år, som är mer ambivalenta (Chin Ponte et al, 2010).…”
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“…In the limited research on adoption return trips, the family has often held a central position. Adoptive parents often play an active role in searches for their child's birth family and in preserving contact with a birth or foster family (Wang, Chin Ponte, & Weber Ollen, 2015). In a recent American study, Jillian Powers (2011) joined three adoptive families with children aged eight to twelve years on their adoption return trip to China.…”
Section: Previous Researchmentioning
confidence: 99%