Adopted Adults Who Search for Background Information and Contact with Birth Relatives
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 11940482 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Julia Feast (Children's Society, London, corresponding author), David C Howe (0000-0002-2929-348X, University of East Anglia), David Howe (0000-0002-2719-383X, University of East Anglia, Norwich) |
| Year | 1997 |
| Volume | 21 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 8-15 |
| Publication date | 1997-07-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Adoption & Fostering (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0308-5759 • E-ISSN: 1740-469X |
| Publisher | SAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1177/030857599702100204 |
| OpenAlex | W2159500901 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 21 |
| References cited | 4 |
As part of its work with adopters, adopted people and their birth relatives, the Children's Society Post-adoption and Care Counselling Research Project is engaged in a number of studies looking at adopted people's experiences of seeking background information and contact with birth relatives. Between 1988 and 1995, project workers provided advice and counselling beyond initial contact to 366 adopted people seeking information and possible reunion with a birth relative. In the following study, Julia Feast and David Howe analysed the agency's file records to determine the numbers and characteristics of adopted people who sought help from the project's counsellors. Findings are presented about the demographic characteristics of the adopted adults, their reasons for wanting the service, the type of contact established with a birth relative and the quality of relationship with their adoptive parents
Agency (philosophy · Family medicine · Social science · Sociology · Child Welfare and Adoption · Grief, Bereavement, and Mental Health · Intergenerational Family Dynamics and Caregiving · Medicine · Nursing · Psychology
My relatives are waiting
I did not belong
Adoptive Mothers' Attitudes to Contact
Adoption in the Era of Secrecy
The Role of Adoption Communicative Openness in Information Seeking Among Adoptees From Adolescence to Emerging Adulthood
The reasons why young children are placed for adoption
The inclusive family support model
Children forever
Adopted Persons' Search for and Contact with Their Birth Parents II
Adults Who Were Adopted Contacting Their Birthmothers
Adopted Persons' Search for and Contact with Their Birth Parents I
The Importance of Adoption for Nurturing and Enhancing the Emotional and Intellectual Potential of Children
After All These Years
Adoption Reform
Unlocking the Past
Searching, Reunion and Transracial Adoption
Identity Issues for Looked after Children with No Knowledge of Their Origins
Getting `a grip
Ending the ‘Cruel Rationing of Human Love’? Adoption Politics and Neo-Liberal Rationality
Perfectos (des) conocidos
Re)visitando a la madre (des)naturalizada
| Unique citing works | 21 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,78 |
| Citation span | 1999 - 2024 (26) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 21 |