Adoptees’ Partners’ Conjugal and Coparental Experiences and Their Attitudes Towards Adoption
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 11221098 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Johanna Despax (0000-0001-5588-9036, Aix-Marseille Université, Aix-en-Provence, France, corresponding author), Evelyne Bouteyre (0000-0003-4902-7637, Aix-Marseille Université, Aix-en-Provence, France), Clément Azabant-Bonavita (Aix-Marseille Université, Aix-en-Provence, France) |
| Year | 2022 |
| Volume | 58 |
| Issue | 6 |
| Pages | 560-586 |
| Publication date | 2022-08-18 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Marriage & Family Review (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0149-4929 • E-ISSN: 1540-9635 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/01494929.2022.2056933 |
| OpenAlex | W4223613934 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 47 |
Adopted adults are presented in the literature as being particularly vulnerable from a mental health and attachment perspective. This could affect their experience of romantic relationships. To our knowledge, however, no data directly concerning adoptees’ partners are currently available. We then explored their conjugal and coparenting experiences and attitude toward their partner’s adoption through semistructured interviews with 10 partners of adoptees, and submitted their responses to thematic analysis software. We then assessed their attachment, dyadic coping and coparenting using standardized scales. Results revealed highly contrasting experiences. Although the participants showed normal scores for all scales and although half of the sample did not consider their partner's adoption as risk factor, for a few participants adoption was a source of marital conflict, particularly around the issues related to the search for origins. Future research should examine dyadic issues such as the search for origins and choice of partner
Affect (linguistics · Coparenting · Coping (psychology · Developmental psychology · Mental health · Perspective (graphical · Psychotherapist · Qualitative research · Thematic analysis · Attachment and Relationship Dynamics · Child Welfare and Adoption · Clinical Psychology · Family Dynamics and Relationships · Psychology · Social Psychology
Attachment representations in mothers, fathers, adolescents, and clinical groups
Coparenting and the Transition to Parenthood
The Bowlby-Ainsworth attachment theory
Child-to-adult neurodevelopmental and mental health trajectories after early life deprivation
Adolescent Romantic Relationships
The role of stress on close relationships and marital satisfaction
Overt and Covert Coparenting Processes in the Family
Romantic relationships and mental health
L'analyse qualitative en sciences humaines et sociales
Adoption, attachment, and relationship concerns
Adult Adoptees as Partners and Parents
Do You Know Your Real Parents?” and Other Adoption Microaggressions
Attachment in a Group of Adult International Adoptees
Adoption and Identity
The educational aspirations and psychological well-being of adopted young people in the UK
The romantic relationships of those who have experienced adoption or foster care
Adopted Adults
Social Support from Parents and Friends and Emotional Problems in Adolescence
Stability of attachment representations
QDA Miner 2.0
Using thematic analysis in psychology
Attachment styles among young adults
Adoption in the service of child protection
Early stress predicts age at menarche and first birth, adult attachment, and expected lifespan
Comparison of adoptees' and nonadoptees' experience of parenthood and mediating role of dyadic coping
| Citation velocity | historical |
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| Highly cited | No |