School experience for adopted children, young people, and their families
This thesis combined an education review, Wales Adoption Cohort parent-reported school experiences and Understanding Society adolescent analyses. Adopted adolescents reported more emotional and behavioural difficulties and different education or employment intentions. Adoption-related feelings were associated with self-esteem and belonging; perceived negative reactions to adoption were associated with having fewer friends.
Limitations: The components use different respondents: parent reports are distinct from adolescent accounts. The literature review is mainly international. Observational associations are not causal. The thesis overlaps with Wales Adoption Cohort and Understanding Society publications; the repository deposit in 2022 is later than the 2021 thesis date.
- Research type
- Doctoral thesis
- Source reviewed
- Abstract
- Peer reviewed
- No
- Age group
- Children / Adolescents
Study context and review
Age group as recorded: Children / adolescents
Adoption context: Mixed adoption pathways
Programme: Understanding Society
Institutional context: No relationship identified in the material checked
No adoption-sector organisational relationship identified from metadata reviewed. Funding and conflicts were not comprehensively audited; this is not confirmation of institutional independence.
Bibliographic screening. Bibliographic relationships are not a bias or safety rating.
Topics: adoptee voice, education, employment, Parent proxy evidence, self-esteem
Review scope: Source checked: Abstract. This does not imply full-text or independent human verification.
Country as recorded: United Kingdom
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