Ryan Hanlon
Biographic Data
| ID | 4410675 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Ryan Hanlon |
| GIVEN NAMES | Ryan |
| FAMILY NAME | Hanlon |
| SIGNATURE | HANLON R |
| AFFILIATIONS | National Council on Aging |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-2550-7196 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 14 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 11 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 14 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2021 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Parent–Child Attachment in Adoptive Families of Children With Disabilities
This study examined how child disability status relates to attachment in adoptive families. Using cross-sectional survey data from 4,002 adoptive parents in the United States, we compared parent-reported attachment for children with and without identified disabilities. Using multiple regression analyses, the study investigated the association between child disability and attachment while controlling for child demographics and adoption-related fac…
Birth Mothers Who Place Children in Private Domestic Adoptions in the United States
Private domestic adoption in the United States has experienced significant demographic and procedural shifts over recent decades. This study presents a contemporary profile of birth mothers who place children for adoption, drawing on de-identified data from adoption agencies, encompassing 2,365 cases between 2014 and 2023. Birth mothers were on average 25.8 years old and composed a racially diverse group, and nearly half were already parenting at…
Deciding on adoption
This study analyses birth mothers’ primary motivations for placing their child for adoption, aiming to provide a more comprehensive understanding of the factors influencing these choices. The researchers examined open-ended survey question responses from 768 birth mothers who placed a child for private domestic adoption. Four key themes emerged: (1) lack of resources and support for parenting; (2) respondents’ desire for an ideal family environme…
Barriers Non-Kin Adoptive Families Overcome When Adopting Through the U.S. Foster Care System
This qualitative reflexive thematic analysis explores barriers faced by non-kin adoptive families in the U.S. foster care system. Researchers completed semi-structured interviews with 20 adults from 12 families, aged 30 to 56, who adopted children within the past 10 years. Reflexive thematic analysis revealed three stages of the adoption process—licensing, placement, and legal adoption—each fraught with systemic challenges, including lost documen…
Adoptive Parent Advice
This qualitative study examines the advice from 2,131 adoptive parent responses, answering: “What do you believe is important for future adoptive parents to know?” An inductive thematic analysis yielded the following major findings: Various reasons adoption is challenging, strategies to confront challenges, and how adoption is worth the challenges. Parents describe adoption as difficult because (a) parents have unmet expectations, (b) it is time-…
“I Was Being Used More as a Babysitter Than a Foster Parent”
Foster parent retention is a challenge for child welfare agencies. This article presents findings from open-ended survey responses of foster parents in Mississippi (MS) and Missouri (MO) collected shortly after a foster placement began (MS n = 106; MO n = 62) and after 3 months (MS n = 117; MO n = 83). The research question for this study was: In what ways do foster parents describe their interactions with child welfare workers? Themes identified…
A Systematic Review on the Impact of Asfa on the Outcomes of Children and Birth Families Involved in the Foster Care System
Adoptee Experiences of Adoption Stigma
Outcomes of youth with foster care experiences based on permanency outcome – Adoption, aging out, long-term foster care, and reunification
Welcome to parenthood!? An examination of the far-reaching effects of perceived adoption stigma in the workplace
While there may be no difference in terms of the love, care, and bond shared between parent and child, relationships created through adoption are often viewed less favorably in our society compared with those that possess a biological tie. Integrating minority stress and family systems theories, we seek to better understand working adoptive parents’ experiences and how the perceived stigma of being an adoptive parent negatively impacts a variety …
Examining the impact of participation in a foster parent support program on child welfare outcomes in Georgia
This study compared the child welfare outcomes for families who participated in a private foster care support program, Promise686, compared to all other families in Georgia's foster care system. Using AFCARS data for three fiscal years and utilizing case identifiers to link the Promise686 families to the AFCARS data, child welfare outcomes were compared, including the average number of removals and placements, average length of placements, and th…
Who are our caregivers? An assessment of the characteristics of foster parents at certain foster parenting milestones across two states
The number of children in foster care in the United States has risen while new federal regulations in the USA require states to decrease dependence on congregate placements. As family-based settings are the preferred placement option, there is a pressing need to prioritize effective strategies to recruit and retain foster parents. The purpose of this study is to describe the demographic characteristics and life experiences of families who decided…
An exploratory study of the impact of Covid‐19 on foster parenting
As the COVID-19 virus began to spread in the United States of America, states' child welfare administrators and policymakers responded differently. Some states implemented more restrictive policies, some less or did not require many restrictions (i.e., stay at home orders or masking in public spaces). Video-based online focus groups with foster parents in four states utilized a consensual qualitative approach to identify themes relating to foster…
Systematic Review of Factors Affecting Foster Parent Retention
This study utilized the PRISMA protocol to conduct a systematic review of the literature published in the United States from 1989 to 2018 to identify factors that affect foster parent retention. Foster parent perception of their own limitations within the child welfare system, the child welfare system’s ability to function fluidly, and the foster parents’ relationship with the agency affects retention. In addition, the lack of material resources …
An exploratory study of the impact of Covid‐19 on foster parenting
As the COVID-19 virus began to spread in the United States of America, states' child welfare administrators and policymakers responded differently. Some states implemented more restrictive policies, some less or did not require many restrictions (i.e., stay at home orders or masking in public spaces). Video-based online focus groups with foster parents in four states utilized a consensual qualitative approach to identify themes relating to foster…
Welcome to parenthood!? An examination of the far-reaching effects of perceived adoption stigma in the workplace
While there may be no difference in terms of the love, care, and bond shared between parent and child, relationships created through adoption are often viewed less favorably in our society compared with those that possess a biological tie. Integrating minority stress and family systems theories, we seek to better understand working adoptive parents’ experiences and how the perceived stigma of being an adoptive parent negatively impacts a variety …
Who are our caregivers? An assessment of the characteristics of foster parents at certain foster parenting milestones across two states
The number of children in foster care in the United States has risen while new federal regulations in the USA require states to decrease dependence on congregate placements. As family-based settings are the preferred placement option, there is a pressing need to prioritize effective strategies to recruit and retain foster parents. The purpose of this study is to describe the demographic characteristics and life experiences of families who decided…
Systematic Review of Factors Affecting Foster Parent Retention
This study utilized the PRISMA protocol to conduct a systematic review of the literature published in the United States from 1989 to 2018 to identify factors that affect foster parent retention. Foster parent perception of their own limitations within the child welfare system, the child welfare system’s ability to function fluidly, and the foster parents’ relationship with the agency affects retention. In addition, the lack of material resources …
Who are our caregivers? An assessment of the characteristics of foster parents at certain foster parenting milestones across two states
The number of children in foster care in the United States has risen while new federal regulations in the USA require states to decrease dependence on congregate placements. As family-based settings are the preferred placement option, there is a pressing need to prioritize effective strategies to recruit and retain foster parents. The purpose of this study is to describe the demographic characteristics and life experiences of families who decided…
An exploratory study of the impact of Covid‐19 on foster parenting
As the COVID-19 virus began to spread in the United States of America, states' child welfare administrators and policymakers responded differently. Some states implemented more restrictive policies, some less or did not require many restrictions (i.e., stay at home orders or masking in public spaces). Video-based online focus groups with foster parents in four states utilized a consensual qualitative approach to identify themes relating to foster…
Outcomes of youth with foster care experiences based on permanency outcome – Adoption, aging out, long-term foster care, and reunification
Welcome to parenthood!? An examination of the far-reaching effects of perceived adoption stigma in the workplace
While there may be no difference in terms of the love, care, and bond shared between parent and child, relationships created through adoption are often viewed less favorably in our society compared with those that possess a biological tie. Integrating minority stress and family systems theories, we seek to better understand working adoptive parents’ experiences and how the perceived stigma of being an adoptive parent negatively impacts a variety …
Examining the impact of participation in a foster parent support program on child welfare outcomes in Georgia
This study compared the child welfare outcomes for families who participated in a private foster care support program, Promise686, compared to all other families in Georgia's foster care system. Using AFCARS data for three fiscal years and utilizing case identifiers to link the Promise686 families to the AFCARS data, child welfare outcomes were compared, including the average number of removals and placements, average length of placements, and th…
Barriers Non-Kin Adoptive Families Overcome When Adopting Through the U.S. Foster Care System
This qualitative reflexive thematic analysis explores barriers faced by non-kin adoptive families in the U.S. foster care system. Researchers completed semi-structured interviews with 20 adults from 12 families, aged 30 to 56, who adopted children within the past 10 years. Reflexive thematic analysis revealed three stages of the adoption process—licensing, placement, and legal adoption—each fraught with systemic challenges, including lost documen…
Adoptive Parent Advice
This qualitative study examines the advice from 2,131 adoptive parent responses, answering: “What do you believe is important for future adoptive parents to know?” An inductive thematic analysis yielded the following major findings: Various reasons adoption is challenging, strategies to confront challenges, and how adoption is worth the challenges. Parents describe adoption as difficult because (a) parents have unmet expectations, (b) it is time-…
“I Was Being Used More as a Babysitter Than a Foster Parent”
Foster parent retention is a challenge for child welfare agencies. This article presents findings from open-ended survey responses of foster parents in Mississippi (MS) and Missouri (MO) collected shortly after a foster placement began (MS n = 106; MO n = 62) and after 3 months (MS n = 117; MO n = 83). The research question for this study was: In what ways do foster parents describe their interactions with child welfare workers? Themes identified…
A Systematic Review on the Impact of Asfa on the Outcomes of Children and Birth Families Involved in the Foster Care System
Adoptee Experiences of Adoption Stigma
Parent–Child Attachment in Adoptive Families of Children With Disabilities
This study examined how child disability status relates to attachment in adoptive families. Using cross-sectional survey data from 4,002 adoptive parents in the United States, we compared parent-reported attachment for children with and without identified disabilities. Using multiple regression analyses, the study investigated the association between child disability and attachment while controlling for child demographics and adoption-related fac…
Birth Mothers Who Place Children in Private Domestic Adoptions in the United States
Private domestic adoption in the United States has experienced significant demographic and procedural shifts over recent decades. This study presents a contemporary profile of birth mothers who place children for adoption, drawing on de-identified data from adoption agencies, encompassing 2,365 cases between 2014 and 2023. Birth mothers were on average 25.8 years old and composed a racially diverse group, and nearly half were already parenting at…
Deciding on adoption
This study analyses birth mothers’ primary motivations for placing their child for adoption, aiming to provide a more comprehensive understanding of the factors influencing these choices. The researchers examined open-ended survey question responses from 768 birth mothers who placed a child for private domestic adoption. Four key themes emerged: (1) lack of resources and support for parenting; (2) respondents’ desire for an ideal family environme…
Child Welfare and Adoption (11 works) · Foster care (7 works) · Psychology (7 works) · Medicine (5 works) · Nursing (5 works) · Reproductive Health and Technologies (5 works) · Developmental psychology (4 works) · Intergenerational Family Dynamics and Caregiving (4 works) · Sociology (4 works) · Child Abuse and Trauma (3 works)