Pub Date : 2020-07-21DOI: 10.1080/10926755.2020.1790453
Catherine A. LaBrenz, Rowena Fong, K. Brown, Erin Findley
Abstract Children who have been adopted are more likely to have mental health diagnoses than non-adopted peers and may be overrepresented in residential treatment centers (RTCs). Yet, few studies have examined adoptive parents’ experiences with RTCs. We administered a survey to N = 113 adoptive parents who had at least one child in RTC. Many families utilized services such as family therapy, but fewer used adoption-competent therapists or trauma-informed care. Themes emerged related to finding support, connecting with providers, training in a trauma-informed approach, listening to parents, and shifting toward prevention. Implications are discussed to better support adoptive families.
{"title":"Adoptive Families’ Views about Effective Services Prior to Residential Treatment Center Placement","authors":"Catherine A. LaBrenz, Rowena Fong, K. Brown, Erin Findley","doi":"10.1080/10926755.2020.1790453","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/10926755.2020.1790453","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract Children who have been adopted are more likely to have mental health diagnoses than non-adopted peers and may be overrepresented in residential treatment centers (RTCs). Yet, few studies have examined adoptive parents’ experiences with RTCs. We administered a survey to N = 113 adoptive parents who had at least one child in RTC. Many families utilized services such as family therapy, but fewer used adoption-competent therapists or trauma-informed care. Themes emerged related to finding support, connecting with providers, training in a trauma-informed approach, listening to parents, and shifting toward prevention. Implications are discussed to better support adoptive families.","PeriodicalId":45383,"journal":{"name":"Adoption Quarterly","volume":"23 1","pages":"219 - 241"},"PeriodicalIF":0.8,"publicationDate":"2020-07-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1080/10926755.2020.1790453","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"45808729","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2020-07-21DOI: 10.1080/10926755.2020.1790451
E. Helder, M. Gunnoe, H. Timmermans
Abstract The purpose of this study was to examine religious motivation to adopt and how this relates to decisions families made while adopting, firm discipline, attachment, parent stress and affect, and child externalizing and internalizing. Within the United States, 44 internationally adopted children and their parents participated in this six-year, longitudinal study. Families endorsing greater religious motivation adopted older children and had larger family sizes. Controlling for these factors, greater religious motivation also predicted firmer discipline practices. Religious motivation did not predict parenting stress or parent negative affect. Additionally, positive longitudinal child outcomes were best predicted by larger family size, fewer baseline attachment disturbances, and less baseline externalizing and internalizing – rather than religious motivation, firm discipline, or the interaction between the two.
{"title":"Religious Motivation to Adopt as a Predictor of Adoptive Family Structure, Parental Discipline, and Outcomes","authors":"E. Helder, M. Gunnoe, H. Timmermans","doi":"10.1080/10926755.2020.1790451","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/10926755.2020.1790451","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract The purpose of this study was to examine religious motivation to adopt and how this relates to decisions families made while adopting, firm discipline, attachment, parent stress and affect, and child externalizing and internalizing. Within the United States, 44 internationally adopted children and their parents participated in this six-year, longitudinal study. Families endorsing greater religious motivation adopted older children and had larger family sizes. Controlling for these factors, greater religious motivation also predicted firmer discipline practices. Religious motivation did not predict parenting stress or parent negative affect. Additionally, positive longitudinal child outcomes were best predicted by larger family size, fewer baseline attachment disturbances, and less baseline externalizing and internalizing – rather than religious motivation, firm discipline, or the interaction between the two.","PeriodicalId":45383,"journal":{"name":"Adoption Quarterly","volume":"23 1","pages":"163 - 186"},"PeriodicalIF":0.8,"publicationDate":"2020-07-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1080/10926755.2020.1790451","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"43018603","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2020-05-04DOI: 10.1080/10926755.2019.1627450
Reihonna L. Frost, A. Goldberg
Abstract The transition to second-time parenthood—i.e., becoming a parent to a second child—is a time of adjustment and change for the whole family. While research has demonstrated that family transitions can be uniquely challenging in the adoptive context, no known research has studied the transition to second parenthood in adoptive families. The current qualitative study explores the transition to second parenthood for heterosexual, lesbian, and gay adoptive parents. Participants were 60 individuals in 30 couples (i.e., 9 heterosexual couples, 10 lesbian couples, and 11 gay male couples) who had adopted their first child two to five years earlier and were in various stages of adopting a second child. Findings centered on parents’ process of considering, preparing for, and then adopting a second child—with parents emphasizing the ways that the second adoption process was different from the first. Specifically, parents described more restrictions on the characteristics of child they would adopt, greater comfort with “holding out” for a child who fit their family, and feeling less stressed by the adoption process. Parents also explained how the unpredictable nature of adoption presented challenges to introducing a second child to the family. Implications for adoptive families and adoption professionals are discussed.
{"title":"Adopting Again: A Qualitative Study of the Second Transition to Parenthood in Adoptive Families","authors":"Reihonna L. Frost, A. Goldberg","doi":"10.1080/10926755.2019.1627450","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/10926755.2019.1627450","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract The transition to second-time parenthood—i.e., becoming a parent to a second child—is a time of adjustment and change for the whole family. While research has demonstrated that family transitions can be uniquely challenging in the adoptive context, no known research has studied the transition to second parenthood in adoptive families. The current qualitative study explores the transition to second parenthood for heterosexual, lesbian, and gay adoptive parents. Participants were 60 individuals in 30 couples (i.e., 9 heterosexual couples, 10 lesbian couples, and 11 gay male couples) who had adopted their first child two to five years earlier and were in various stages of adopting a second child. Findings centered on parents’ process of considering, preparing for, and then adopting a second child—with parents emphasizing the ways that the second adoption process was different from the first. Specifically, parents described more restrictions on the characteristics of child they would adopt, greater comfort with “holding out” for a child who fit their family, and feeling less stressed by the adoption process. Parents also explained how the unpredictable nature of adoption presented challenges to introducing a second child to the family. Implications for adoptive families and adoption professionals are discussed.","PeriodicalId":45383,"journal":{"name":"Adoption Quarterly","volume":"23 1","pages":"109 - 85"},"PeriodicalIF":0.8,"publicationDate":"2020-05-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1080/10926755.2019.1627450","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"44777305","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2020-03-30DOI: 10.1080/10926755.2020.1719253
L. Miller, Marie-Odile Pérouse de Montclos, Jessica A. K. Matthews, Janice Peyré, J. Vaugelade, O. Baubin, Jacques Chomilier, J. de Monléon, A. de Truchis, F. Sorge, E. Pinderhughes
Abstract France receives a relatively large number of international adoptions. However, little is known about the frequency and types of microaggressions experienced by adoptive parents and internationally adopted adolescents in France. Unusually, France functions legally as a colorblind society, where race is not officially recognized. Therefore, we surveyed adoptive parents and adopted adolescents regarding their feelings of difference and experience of prejudice – related to both adoptive status and country of origin. Some respondents reported that special needs represented an additional area of stigma. Family belonging, adoption identity, and adoption visibility all impacted the experience of microaggressions by French internationally adopted adolescents and their parents.
{"title":"Microaggressions experienced by adoptive families and internationally adopted adolescents in France","authors":"L. Miller, Marie-Odile Pérouse de Montclos, Jessica A. K. Matthews, Janice Peyré, J. Vaugelade, O. Baubin, Jacques Chomilier, J. de Monléon, A. de Truchis, F. Sorge, E. Pinderhughes","doi":"10.1080/10926755.2020.1719253","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/10926755.2020.1719253","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract France receives a relatively large number of international adoptions. However, little is known about the frequency and types of microaggressions experienced by adoptive parents and internationally adopted adolescents in France. Unusually, France functions legally as a colorblind society, where race is not officially recognized. Therefore, we surveyed adoptive parents and adopted adolescents regarding their feelings of difference and experience of prejudice – related to both adoptive status and country of origin. Some respondents reported that special needs represented an additional area of stigma. Family belonging, adoption identity, and adoption visibility all impacted the experience of microaggressions by French internationally adopted adolescents and their parents.","PeriodicalId":45383,"journal":{"name":"Adoption Quarterly","volume":"23 1","pages":"135 - 161"},"PeriodicalIF":0.8,"publicationDate":"2020-03-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1080/10926755.2020.1719253","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"43168665","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2020-02-06DOI: 10.1080/10926755.2020.1719252
L. Johnson, E. Slayter, Allyson Livingstone
Abstract The promotion of speedy, permanent adoption outcomes for children in foster care whose parental rights have been terminated is a central child welfare policy goal. However, while both children of color and children with disabilities are at greater risk for child welfare involvement, little is known about influence of these intersecting identities on adoption rates. This cross-sectional national study draws on the Adoption and Foster Care Analysis and Reporting System (AFCARS) to explore the between and within group foster care outcomes of adoption. While we expected to see advantages in outcomes based on identification with privileged social identities, our findings were much more varied. Implications relate to the need for intersectional approaches to equity assessments of child welfare systems and practice.
{"title":"Locating the Intersections of Disability, Race and Ethnicity in Adoption Rates among Foster Children Introduction","authors":"L. Johnson, E. Slayter, Allyson Livingstone","doi":"10.1080/10926755.2020.1719252","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/10926755.2020.1719252","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract The promotion of speedy, permanent adoption outcomes for children in foster care whose parental rights have been terminated is a central child welfare policy goal. However, while both children of color and children with disabilities are at greater risk for child welfare involvement, little is known about influence of these intersecting identities on adoption rates. This cross-sectional national study draws on the Adoption and Foster Care Analysis and Reporting System (AFCARS) to explore the between and within group foster care outcomes of adoption. While we expected to see advantages in outcomes based on identification with privileged social identities, our findings were much more varied. Implications relate to the need for intersectional approaches to equity assessments of child welfare systems and practice.","PeriodicalId":45383,"journal":{"name":"Adoption Quarterly","volume":"23 1","pages":"110 - 134"},"PeriodicalIF":0.8,"publicationDate":"2020-02-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1080/10926755.2020.1719252","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"44543233","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2020-02-06DOI: 10.1080/10926755.2020.1719255
Bibiana D. Koh, F. Reamer
Abstract This study argues that moral theory is an important aspect of our use of self in adoption practice. Within this context, the authors examined the extent to which ethical theories were explicitly incorporated in the peer-reviewed adoption literature – published between 1996 and 2019 – that purported to focus on ethical issues. Findings from our review suggest that the inclusion of moral theories was largely implicit (e.g., informed by relevant codes of ethics, professional standards, and/or legislation) rather than explicit. Our literature review also revealed a wide range of ethical issues in adoption. Recommendations are made in the context of these findings.
{"title":"Why Moral Theories Matter: A Review of Ethics and Adoption Literature","authors":"Bibiana D. Koh, F. Reamer","doi":"10.1080/10926755.2020.1719255","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/10926755.2020.1719255","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract This study argues that moral theory is an important aspect of our use of self in adoption practice. Within this context, the authors examined the extent to which ethical theories were explicitly incorporated in the peer-reviewed adoption literature – published between 1996 and 2019 – that purported to focus on ethical issues. Findings from our review suggest that the inclusion of moral theories was largely implicit (e.g., informed by relevant codes of ethics, professional standards, and/or legislation) rather than explicit. Our literature review also revealed a wide range of ethical issues in adoption. Recommendations are made in the context of these findings.","PeriodicalId":45383,"journal":{"name":"Adoption Quarterly","volume":"24 1","pages":"5 - 24"},"PeriodicalIF":0.8,"publicationDate":"2020-02-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1080/10926755.2020.1719255","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"43735291","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2020-02-03DOI: 10.1080/10926755.2019.1675839
A. Goldberg, Reihonna L. Frost, Melissa H. Manley, Nora M. McCormick, JuliAnna Z. Smith, D. Brodzinsky
Abstract Despite unique health risks and outcomes among adopted children, most pediatricians receive little training about this population. The current mixed-methods study explored lesbian, gay, and heterosexual adoptive parents' (n = 224, in 129 families) experiences with and perspectives on pediatricians. Parents in the study adopted via private domestic, public domestic, and international adoption. Parents who adopted via public domestic adoption were more likely to talk with pediatricians about adoption while parents who adopted internationally were most likely to feel positively about their pediatrician’s adoption competence. Qualitative findings suggest that while parents did not look to pediatricians as sources of adoption expertise, they were disappointed when doctors did not take the adoption context into account when providing medical treatment. Findings hold implications for adoptive families, adoption practitioners, and health professionals, especially pediatricians.
{"title":"Lesbian, Gay, and Heterosexual Adoptive Parents’ Experiences with Pediatricians: A Mixed-Methods Study","authors":"A. Goldberg, Reihonna L. Frost, Melissa H. Manley, Nora M. McCormick, JuliAnna Z. Smith, D. Brodzinsky","doi":"10.1080/10926755.2019.1675839","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/10926755.2019.1675839","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract Despite unique health risks and outcomes among adopted children, most pediatricians receive little training about this population. The current mixed-methods study explored lesbian, gay, and heterosexual adoptive parents' (n = 224, in 129 families) experiences with and perspectives on pediatricians. Parents in the study adopted via private domestic, public domestic, and international adoption. Parents who adopted via public domestic adoption were more likely to talk with pediatricians about adoption while parents who adopted internationally were most likely to feel positively about their pediatrician’s adoption competence. Qualitative findings suggest that while parents did not look to pediatricians as sources of adoption expertise, they were disappointed when doctors did not take the adoption context into account when providing medical treatment. Findings hold implications for adoptive families, adoption practitioners, and health professionals, especially pediatricians.","PeriodicalId":45383,"journal":{"name":"Adoption Quarterly","volume":"23 1","pages":"27 - 62"},"PeriodicalIF":0.8,"publicationDate":"2020-02-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1080/10926755.2019.1675839","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"47965740","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2020-01-30DOI: 10.1080/10926755.2020.1719254
S. Neville, K. Rotabi
Abstract This paper examines the implications of recent developments in U.S. intercountry adoption (ICA) policy for vulnerable children. We review policy and practices from 2004-2018, including (1) the 2008 implementation of the Hague Convention and (2) the 2017 changes in Hague accrediting entities for adoption agencies. By analyzing the ICA contexts of the top five States of origin, we argue the decline in ICA is from factors within States of origin rather than U.S. policy. Though ICA benefits individual children’s development, it can cause harm at a systems level, so the decline in ICA has mixed implications for vulnerable children.
{"title":"Developments in U.S. Intercountry Adoption Policy since Its Peak in 2004","authors":"S. Neville, K. Rotabi","doi":"10.1080/10926755.2020.1719254","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/10926755.2020.1719254","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract This paper examines the implications of recent developments in U.S. intercountry adoption (ICA) policy for vulnerable children. We review policy and practices from 2004-2018, including (1) the 2008 implementation of the Hague Convention and (2) the 2017 changes in Hague accrediting entities for adoption agencies. By analyzing the ICA contexts of the top five States of origin, we argue the decline in ICA is from factors within States of origin rather than U.S. policy. Though ICA benefits individual children’s development, it can cause harm at a systems level, so the decline in ICA has mixed implications for vulnerable children.","PeriodicalId":45383,"journal":{"name":"Adoption Quarterly","volume":"23 1","pages":"63 - 83"},"PeriodicalIF":0.8,"publicationDate":"2020-01-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1080/10926755.2020.1719254","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"44289458","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2019-10-02DOI: 10.1080/10926755.2019.1675837
Emily Zhang, Xian Zhang, E. Pinderhughes
Abstract This mixed methods study examined the nature of adoption and racial microaggressions and their relations with age and community diversity among 42 Chinese transracial adoptees ages 5–9. Using microaggression typologies by Baden and Sue et al., we found that children must often navigate multiple messages within a single microaggression incident. Although experience and awareness of microaggressions did not differ among children by community diversity, experience of racial microaggression incidents was positively associated with age. Given that young children experience microaggressions, preparation for bias should be considered for children at young ages in a developmentally appropriate manner.
{"title":"“Your Skin’s Not as Good as Us”: Microaggressions among Transracially-Adopted Children from China","authors":"Emily Zhang, Xian Zhang, E. Pinderhughes","doi":"10.1080/10926755.2019.1675837","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/10926755.2019.1675837","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract This mixed methods study examined the nature of adoption and racial microaggressions and their relations with age and community diversity among 42 Chinese transracial adoptees ages 5–9. Using microaggression typologies by Baden and Sue et al., we found that children must often navigate multiple messages within a single microaggression incident. Although experience and awareness of microaggressions did not differ among children by community diversity, experience of racial microaggression incidents was positively associated with age. Given that young children experience microaggressions, preparation for bias should be considered for children at young ages in a developmentally appropriate manner.","PeriodicalId":45383,"journal":{"name":"Adoption Quarterly","volume":"22 1","pages":"284 - 306"},"PeriodicalIF":0.8,"publicationDate":"2019-10-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1080/10926755.2019.1675837","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"42086771","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2019-10-02DOI: 10.1080/10926755.2019.1675838
Jaeran Kim, Kristine N. Piescher, T. Laliberte
Abstract This study sought to understand previous adoption experiences of youth placed in residential, group, and treatment foster care settings. A secondary analysis of an existing point-in-time prevalence study of 869 youth in 38 private residential, group home, and treatment foster care facilities were conducted. Gender, race, number of placements, and having a developmental disability were variables that significantly explained adoption disruption while placement histories and race/ethnicity significantly explained adoption dissolutions. Findings suggest the need for ongoing worker, provider and caregiver training and the importance of understanding a youth’s adoption history.
{"title":"Adoption Discontinuity in Intensive Out-of-Home Care Settings","authors":"Jaeran Kim, Kristine N. Piescher, T. Laliberte","doi":"10.1080/10926755.2019.1675838","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/10926755.2019.1675838","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract This study sought to understand previous adoption experiences of youth placed in residential, group, and treatment foster care settings. A secondary analysis of an existing point-in-time prevalence study of 869 youth in 38 private residential, group home, and treatment foster care facilities were conducted. Gender, race, number of placements, and having a developmental disability were variables that significantly explained adoption disruption while placement histories and race/ethnicity significantly explained adoption dissolutions. Findings suggest the need for ongoing worker, provider and caregiver training and the importance of understanding a youth’s adoption history.","PeriodicalId":45383,"journal":{"name":"Adoption Quarterly","volume":"22 1","pages":"307 - 329"},"PeriodicalIF":0.8,"publicationDate":"2019-10-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1080/10926755.2019.1675838","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"47864838","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}