Adoption as a solution to intractable parenting problems: Evidence from two English studies
The paper draws on two English studies: a cohort of 130 children aged three to eleven recommended for adoption, and research into minority ethnic children’s pathways to permanence. Delays were associated with whether adoption occurred. In the first study, adopted and long-term fostered children differed little on several psychosocial outcomes, although attachment outcomes favoured the adopted group.
Limitations: Observational comparisons cannot establish the causal effect of adoption. This reanalyses existing samples rather than providing independent replication. It draws on both Costs and Outcomes of Non-infant Adoptions and Pathways to Permanence; the primary link is to the former.
- Research type
- Comparative analysis of two adoption studies
- Source reviewed
- Abstract
- Peer reviewed
- Yes
- Age group
- Children
Study context and review
Age group as recorded: children
Adoption context: Adoption from care / permanent family placement
Programme: Costs and Outcomes of Non-infant Adoptions
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: adoption from care, attachment, transracial adoption
Review scope: Source checked: Abstract. This does not imply full-text or independent human verification.
Country as recorded: England
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- Funder role
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- Recruitment
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- Adoptee involvement
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