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Sibling Connections: adopted people's birth and adoptive sibling relationships across the life-span

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Sibling Connections: adopted people's birth and adoptive sibling relationships across the life-span

Heather Ottaway · University of Strathclyde doctoral thesis

Twenty adopted adults with at least one known birth sibling were interviewed about birth and adoptive sibling relationships across their lives.

Limitations: Small qualitative sample; doctoral thesis.

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Doctoral thesis; interviews
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Age group
Adults
Study context and review

Age group as recorded: Adults

Adoption context: Mixed

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 siblings, life course, siblings, 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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