Children and Young People's Participation and Non-Participation in Research
This review examined children’s involvement in adoption and fostering research recorded in the Quality Protects database. Of 72 relevant studies conducted since 1991, 38 involved children or young people. It examined reasons for participation, the influence of adults controlling access to children, and strategies used to enable participation. These gatekeeping decisions emerged as a barrier alongside ethical and methodological concerns.
Limitations: The review covers one database and combines adoption with fostering. It describes research participation, not adoptee outcomes, and does not establish the coverage of all UK research. Findings reflect research available in 2004. 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
- Research review / methodology
- Source reviewed
- Abstract
- Peer reviewed
- Yes
- Age group
- Mixed
Study context and review
Age group as recorded: mixed
Adoption context: Adoption from care / permanent family placement
Programme: Not recorded
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: adoptee voice, research methodology
Review scope: Source checked: Abstract. This does not imply full-text or independent human verification.
Country as recorded: United Kingdom
- Funding
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- Commissioner
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- Funder role
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- Declared conflicts
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- Recruitment
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- Adoptee involvement
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Entry: study_62e3b29fc0390784