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The role of birth country/heritage interest in adult international adoptees’ wellbeing

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The role of birth country/heritage interest in adult international adoptees’ wellbeing

Kennedy et al. · Adoption & Fostering

ERA data examined interest in Romania, heritage engagement, birth-family contact and adult wellbeing.

Limitations: Highly specific Romanian institutional-adoption cohort. Publication relationship: Adoption & Fostering is published by SAGE on behalf of CoramBAAF (historically BAAF), an adoption-sector organisation. This identifies the publication context, not proof that the organisation conducted or commissioned the study. Readers may take this relationship into account when interpreting the findings.

Research type
Longitudinal cohort
Source reviewed
Full text
Peer reviewed
Yes
Age group
Adolescents / Young adults
Study context and review

Age group as recorded: Adolescents; young adults

Adoption context: Intercountry adoption

Programme: English and Romanian Adoptees Study

Institutional context: Adoption-sector advocacy/service organisation

Publication relationship: Adoption & Fostering is published by SAGE on behalf of CoramBAAF (historically BAAF), an adoption-sector organisation. This identifies the publication context, not proof that the organisation conducted or commissioned the study. Readers may take this relationship into account when interpreting the findings.

Relationship identified. Bibliographic relationships are not a bias or safety rating.

Topics: birth country, birth family, heritage, identity, UK research

Review scope: Source checked: Full text. This does not imply full-text or independent human verification.

Country as recorded: UK; Romania

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