The British Chinese Adoption Study: orphanage care, adoption and mid-life outcomes
Researchers traced a historical group of one hundred Hong Kong-born girls adopted into UK families, using orphanage records, questionnaires and mid-life interviews. Seventy-two took part in follow-up. Average mental and physical health measures were similar to comparison groups of UK-born adopted and nonadopted women. Participants reporting poorer adoptive-family experiences or more negative views of their adoption also reported poorer mental health.
Limitations: Historical, women-only intercountry cohort; twenty-eight original participants did not take part. Retrospective family accounts and mental-health associations cannot establish causation. The British Chinese Adoption Study was carried out by BAAF, an adoption-sector organisation, with Nuffield Foundation funding and academic collaborators. Readers may take that organisational relationship into account.
- Research type
- Longitudinal comparative cohort study
- Source reviewed
- Abstract
- Peer reviewed
- Yes
- Age group
- Adults
Study context and review
Age group as recorded: Adults
Adoption context: Intercountry/transracial adoption from Hong Kong
Programme: British Chinese Adoption Study
Institutional context: Adoption-sector advocacy/service organisation
The British Chinese Adoption Study was carried out by BAAF, an adoption-sector organisation, with Nuffield Foundation funding and academic collaborators. Readers may take that organisational relationship into account.
Relationship identified. Bibliographic relationships are not a bias or safety rating.
Topics: adoptee voice, adult outcomes, longitudinal, mental health, physical health, transracial adoption, UK research
Review scope: Source checked: Abstract. This does not imply full-text or independent human verification.
Country as recorded: United Kingdom; Hong Kong (origin)
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- Adoptee involvement
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