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Families and adoption

Harriet E. Gross, Marvin B. Sussman, editors

Haworth Press, c1997

  • (alk. paper)

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Includes bibliographical references and index

内容説明・目次

内容説明

Do parents with adoptive children see themselves as similar to or different from nonadoptive parents? Is the stigma attached to adoption lessening? Does open communication about adoption contribute to the family's well-being? How successful are adoptive adults at putting their adolescent turmoil behind them? These and many other important and complex questions are addressed in Families and Adoption, an informative guidebook that shows you how adoption is both a condition and a lifelong process.Families and Adoption discusses legislation that can serve the needs of various members of the adoptive experience to deepen your understanding of the key legal issues associated with consent and openness. It also provides you with detailed coverage of changes in adoption law, open adoption research results, transracial and transethnic adoption, and the consequences of placing versus parenting for unmarried, teenage women who give birth. Graduate students, social workers, adoption professionals, members of adoptive families, and couples wishing to adopt will find there isn't a rock that Families and Adoption leaves unturned. It presents you with vital information on the following topics: the developmental stages of reunion between an adoptive child and birth parent notions of adoption, parenthood, and kinship and how these notions are challenged after a reunion has taken place the institution of adoption as it has existed for decades in American society international adoption respecting the bonds children have and helping them develop critical attachment skills those who "accept" open-adoption and those who "embrace" it flexible parenting styles and their positive effect on developmentally vulnerable adopteesA skillful blend of personal adoption experiences and research studies, Families and Adoption explores the special issues adoption presents and how all parties involved can work together to improve placement decisions, ensure that a woman is confident in her decision to relinquish her child, and help families select the most appropriate adoption arrangement. The book's main strength is that it doesn't just look at the initial considerations of adoption; it prepares you for the issues that will arise along the way.

目次

Contents Introduction Key Issues in Adoption Legislation: A Call for Research Developing Definitions of an Adoptee-Birthmother Reunion Relationship Adopted Adults: Comparisons with Persons Raised in Conventional Families Where Do We Go Next? Long-Term Reunion Relationships Between Adoptees and Birth Parents Bonding and Attachment in Adoption: Towards Better Understanding and Useful Definitions The Consequences of Placing Versus Parenting Among Young Unmarried Women Openness in Adoption: Experiences and Social Psychological Outcomes Among Birth Mothers Search and Rescue: A Belated Critique of "Growing Up Adopted" Variants of Open Adoptions: The Early Years Adopting Romanian Children: Making Choices, Taking Risks Effect of Transracial/Transethnic Adoption on Children's Racial and Ethnic Identity and Self-Esteem: A Meta-Analytic Review Formal Adoption of the Developmentally Vulnerable African-American Child: Ten-Year Outcomes Index Reference Notes Included

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詳細情報

  • NII書誌ID(NCID)
    BA72803376
  • ISBN
    • 0789003228
  • LCCN
    97025269
  • 出版国コード
    us
  • タイトル言語コード
    eng
  • 本文言語コード
    eng
  • 出版地
    New York
  • ページ数/冊数
    258 p.
  • 大きさ
    23 cm
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