Why and how do parents decide to adopt? A study on motivations and the decision‐making process in becoming an adoptive family

Abstract

Portions of these findings were presented as a poster -Motivations and decisionmaking process in becoming an adoptive family: An exploratory study with Portuguese adoptive parents -at XV EUSARF International Conference, EUSARF 2018 Porto, Portugal.We have no conflicts of interest to disclose. This research was funded by the Foundation for Science and Technology under Grant [SFRH/BD/77316/2011] and by a philanthropic program of independent patrons. The authors gratefully acknowledge the language help and MOTIVATION TO ADOPT proofreading of the paper by A. S. L. Special thanks go to the parents who participated in the study.