Joining a New Family: The Views and Experiences of Young People Placed with Permanent Families during Middle Childhood
Young people placed with permanent families at ages 5–11 were interviewed six years later about joining their families, relationships and belonging. Many described taking considerable time to settle but subsequently feeling part of the family. Some described a new start, while a small minority remained unsettled.
Limitations: The abstract does not state the interview subsample size. Adoptive and permanent foster families were included, and the accounts do not establish population prevalence. This publication draws on the same Maudsley placement programme as related outcome papers. Publication relationship: this research was published by BAAF or in its Adoption & Fostering journal, now associated with CoramBAAF, an adoption-sector organisation. Publication does not establish that the organisation conducted the research; readers may take the institutional relationship into account.
- Research type
- Qualitative follow-up study
- Source reviewed
- Abstract
- Peer reviewed
- Yes
- Age group
- Adolescents
Study context and review
Age group as recorded: Adolescents
Adoption context: Adoption from care
Programme: Rushton–Dance adoption from public care cohort
Institutional context: Adoption-sector advocacy/service organisation
Publication relationship: this research was published by BAAF or in its Adoption & Fostering journal, now associated with CoramBAAF, an adoption-sector organisation. Publication does not establish that the organisation conducted the research; readers may take the institutional relationship into account.
Relationship identified. Bibliographic relationships are not a bias or safety rating.
Topics: adolescence, adoptee voice, belonging, Relationships
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Country as recorded: United Kingdom
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