I started to feel not ashamed of who I was’
Transracially adopted adults and adoption support
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 11942201 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Perlita Harris (Goldsmiths University of London, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2014 |
| Volume | 38 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 346-360 |
| Publication date | 2014-11-11 |
| 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 | 10.1177/0308575914553542 |
| OpenAlex | W1969549555 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 5 |
| References cited | 23 |
Transracially adopted adults are largely invisible as users of adoption support services in England and their voices are rarely heard in discussions about appropriate provision. This article reports findings from interviews with transracially adopted adults and transracially adopted adult participants at a lesbian, gay and bisexual focus group, carried out as part of a mixed-method study of service users’ views and experiences of post-adoption services delivered by an independent agency. The article opens by outlining the policy context and what is known from existing research about the experiences of domestic transracially adopted adults. It then considers the experiences of 12 adults receiving support services. Drawing on their own words, it describes the difference that adoption support services can make, before highlighting gaps in existing provision and identifying the support needs specific to this group
Agency (philosophy · Business · Context (archaeology · Focus group · Lesbian · Political science · Public relations · Service (business · Sociology · Support group · Child Welfare and Adoption · Gender Studies · Migration and Labor Dynamics · Migration, Ethnicity, and Economy · Psychology · Marketing
Transracially Adoptive Families in South Africa
‘We lacked crucial information about the child’s ethnicity and cultural background…’
Support Needs and Post-Adoption Resources for Adopted Adults
We Are the Same, but Different
The Role of Peer-Based Support Groups in Addressing Support Needs Amongst Adult Adoptees
Adjustments of Transracially and Inracially Adopted Young Adults
‘Family is Family … It Does Affect Everybody in the Family‘
Models of Adoption Support
Outcomes of permanent family placement for children of minority ethnic origin
Why are we waiting? The demography of adoption for children of black, Asian and black mixed parentage in England
The Diversity and Complexity of the Everyday Lives of Mixed Racial and Ethnic Families
Meeting the adoption support needs of adopted adults who have been abused in their adoptive family
User Views and Experiences of Post-Adoption Services
Searching, Reunion and Transracial Adoption
Matching, Ethnicity and Identity
Intercountry Adoption after the Haiti Earthquake
Negotiating Multicultures, Identities and Intersectionalities
Abercrave Weekend
Transracial Adoption in Britain
Quantity and Quality in Social Research
Transracial, same-race adoptions, and the need for multiple measures of adolescent adjustment
Talking Back
Quantity and quality in social research
Being Raised by White People
| Unique citing works | 5 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,63 |
| Citation span | 2018 - 2025 (8) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 5 |