Adoptive Parents’ Attitudes toward Adoption and Domestic Adoption Development in Korea

Adoptees’ Specific Needs for Origin

Bibliographic Data

ID12916537
AuthorsTai‐Soon Bai (Kyungnam University, corresponding author)
Year2012
Volume6
Issue2
Pages136-161
Publication date2012-06-01
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueAsian Social Work and Policy Review (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1753-1403 • E-ISSN: 1753-1411
PublisherWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1111/j.1753-1411.2012.00068.x
OpenAlexW2089791948
LanguageEN
Citations received1
References cited10

This study aimed to find out how Korean adoptive parents were carrying out their adoptions in Korea and to see if adoptive families truly understood the meaning of adoption and their adopted child's specific needs to know about his genetic roots. This understanding on the adoptive parents’ part is needed to help the child to form a self‐identity for his well‐being. The study sample of 352 adoptive parents may be the largest study ever done involving families currently raising their adopted children in Korea. Results showed that families did not seem to understand adoption with its characteristics well. Though families’ satisfaction with the adoption was very high, it appeared that their satisfaction was limited to when their adoptees were young, not being extended to when children became old enough to know of their adoption. For adoption development in Korea, however, it was encouraging that parents’ participation in local (regional) meetings with other fellow adopters from self‐support groups appeared to be the most significant consistent factor in contributing to the families’ understanding of adoption and their positive attitudes for the adoptees’ well‐being and to their satisfaction with the adoption

Developmental psychology · Identity (music · Meaning (existential · Sample (material · Child Welfare and Adoption · Psychology · Social Psychology

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