The long term outcome of reunions between adult adopted people and their birth mothers
Forty-eight adult adoptees first reunited with birth mothers at least eight years earlier were followed up. More than half remained in contact with their birth mother, although contact with adoptive mothers was more common and often more frequent.
Limitations: Small, self-selected group of searching/reunited adoptees.
- Research type
- Long-term follow-up
- Source reviewed
- Abstract
- Peer reviewed
- Yes
- Age group
- Adults
Study context and review
Age group as recorded: Adults
Adoption context: Domestic adoption
Programme: Not recorded
Institutional context: No relationship identified in the material checked
No adoption-sector organisational relationship identified in the bibliographic material screened. This is not confirmation of institutional independence; affiliations, funding and conflicts were not comprehensively audited.
Bibliographic screening. Bibliographic relationships are not a bias or safety rating.
Topics: adult adoptees, birth mothers, long-term outcomes, reunion, UK research
Review scope: Source checked: Abstract. This does not imply full-text or independent human verification.
Country as recorded: United Kingdom
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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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