Adoption, Family Ideology, and Social Stigma
Bias in Community Attitudes, Adoption Research, and Practice
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 23324652 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Katarina Wegar (Oxford University Press (United Kingdom), corresponding author) |
| Year | 2000 |
| Volume | 49 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 363-369 |
| Publication date | 2000-10-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Family Relations (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0197-6664 • E-ISSN: 1741-3729 |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1111/j.1741-3729.2000.00363.x |
| OpenAlex | W2146138972 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 97 |
| References cited | 58 |
This article explores the impact of the dominant North American genetic family ideal on community attitudes toward adoption, on adoption research, and on the beliefs and attitudes of adoption case workers. It examines how the failure to recognize the stigmatized social position of adoptive families has shaped not only current public opinion about adoption, but adoption research and practice as well. In conclusion, the article offers suggestions for erasing negative bias from adoption research and practice.
Business · Ideal (ethics) · Ideology · Political science · Position (finance) · Public opinion · Public relations · Sociology · Stigma (botany) · Child Welfare and Adoption · Intergenerational Family Dynamics and Caregiving · Psychology · Reproductive Health and Technologies · Social Psychology
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Imaginarios situados
Gay Men
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Exhausted Parents
Participation in the Adoption Mentoring Partnership
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Lay Conceptions of “Family”
Couples undergoing infertility treatment in the Czech Republic
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Adoptee Experiences of Adoption Stigma
The Impact of Openness on Adoption Agency Practices
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A Comparison of Biological and Adoptive Mothers and Fathers
Sex Differences in Adoption Attitudes
Adopting Commodities
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Black and White Thinking? Understanding Negative Responses to Transracial Adoptive Families
Adoption as a Diversity Issue in Professional Preparation
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Ethical Considerations in Adoption Research
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Microaggressions experienced by adoptive families and internationally adopted adolescents in France
Parents and Their Adopted Chinese Children
Recent Developments in Adoption Law
Deciding Not to Adopt
Adoption of Black children by White parents in heterosexual and homosexual relationships
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Adoptive parents’ experiences of social support and attitudes towards adoption
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Race Made Salient
Search and Reunification
The Medical Nonnecessity of In Vitro Fertilization
Uncovering the Challenges and Needs of Chinese Adoptive Parents in Hong Kong
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Crafting Identity out of Uncertainty
Mental Health Outcomes of Abortion and Its Alternatives
Perception and Internalization of Adoption Stigma among Gay, Lesbian, and Heterosexual Adoptive Parents
Transracial Korean Adoptee, Korean American, and South Korean Adolescent Conceptions of Family and Coming of Age in the Family Context
Similar psychosis risks in adoptees and immigrants
Reporting Microaggressions
Narrativas de mujeres que adoptan monoparentalmente en Chile
How Men and Women Experience Infertility
The Social Context of Attitudes towards Various Infertility Strategies
The transition to adoptive parenthood
Parenting adoptive children
Factors affecting post-permanency adjustment for children in adoption or guardianship placements
Children for sale? The blurred boundary between intercountry adoption and sale of children in the United States
Just Beyond my Front Door”
How Do Social Workers Define the Concept of Family
Welcome to parenthood!? An examination of the far-reaching effects of perceived adoption stigma in the workplace
Breaking the Silence
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Understanding Adoptive Families
The Practice of Adoption
Lesbian and heterosexual preadoptive couples' openness to transracial adoption
Are Same-Sex and Single Adoptive Parents More Likely to Adopt Transracially? A National Analysis of Race, Family Structure, and the Adoption Marketplace
I Don't Look Like Her
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Adoption and Feminism
Adoptive Parents, Adaptive Parents
Re)visitando a la madre (des)naturalizada
"Constructing Gay and Lesbian Parent Families "Beyond the Closet
The Attribution of Parental Competence to Lesbian, Gay, and Heterosexual Couples
People's Heads Do Not Even Go There
The Black family
Shared fate
Fallen women, problem girls
Kinship with strangers
Brave New Families
Children's Adjustment to Adoption
The DNA Mystique
The Stigma of Adoptive Parent Status
A Stress and Coping Model of Adoption Adjustment
Social Relationships and Health
All our kin
The psychology of interpersonal relations.
The relationship of research to clinical practice
Mothering
Community constructs of involuntary childlessness
Long-Term Outcomes in Adoption
In search of bad mothers
Gay and Lesbian Adoptions
Adoptive parents' hostility toward their adopted children
The Sociological Imagination
Adoption, Identity and Kinship
A Conjugal Study of Kin Relations Outside the Nuclear Family
Experiences of Black Families as Adoptive Parents
Adoption and mental health
Birthparent romances and identity formation in adopted children
Meaning Construction and Social Work Practice
History and the Family
Does adopted mean different? An attributional analysis
Shared Fate
Mother-infant bonding
Multidimensional Developmental Pathways
Effects of psychotherapy with children and adolescents revisited
Family Ideology
Feminism and the American Family Ideal
Single Mothers and Child Neglect, 1880-1920
American Kinship
Perception of Adoption as Social Stigma
Anthropology and Adoption
It Takes an Entire Village
Adoption as deviance
| Unique citing works | 97 |
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| Citations per year | 4,22 |
| Citation span | 2003 - 2026 (24) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 86 |