Research Review
Transracial Placements: A Commentary on a New Adult Outcome Study
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 11940698 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Alan Rushton (Social Work and Director of the MSc programme in Mental Health Social Work at the Institute of Psychiatry/South London and Maudsley NHS Trust, corresponding author), Helen Minnis (0000-0002-2377-8945, Child Psychiatry at Yorkhill NHS Trust, Glasgow) |
| Year | 2000 |
| Volume | 24 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 53-58 |
| Publication date | 2000-04-01 |
| 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 | 10.1177/030857590002400109 |
| OpenAlex | W2008430603 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 5 |
| References cited | 8 |
The publication of a new follow-up study of a transracial sample deserves special attention because the volume of longitudinal research in this field is fairly small. Alan Rushton and Helen Minnis provide a critical review of a recent North American paper by Brooks and Barth, and consider the quality of the evidence presented, the methodological limitations, what can be safely concluded from the study and the implications that can be drawn for practice in the UK. The reviewers conclude that the nature of these placements, the loss to follow-up and weakness of some of the measures inevitably restrict drawing firm conclusions, and readers should be aware that the researchers may have presented an over-optimistic view of placement outcome. However, the study broadly confirms the findings derived from other transracial samples that placement matching for race may not be the strongest predictor of outcome and that transracial placements do not necessarily preclude the achievement of a secure ethnic identity
Economics · Epistemology · Ethnic group · Identity (music · Matching (statistics · Outcome (game theory · Quality (philosophy · Race (biology · Sociology · Early Childhood Education and Development · Gender Studies · Medicine · Parental Involvement in Education · Psychology · Racial and Ethnic Identity Research · Social Psychology
Identity development and transracial/ethnic adoption
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| Unique citing works | 5 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,19 |
| Citation span | 2000 - 2012 (13) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 5 |