The maintenance of traditional and technological forms of post-adoption contact
Interviews with six adopted young people and eleven adoptive parents examined how online contact interacted with established forms of contact. The analysis suggested that virtual contact could be integrated with existing arrangements, while contact introduced without earlier relationships could bring difficulties.
Limitations: This is a small qualitative sample with combined adult and young-person accounts. It does not demonstrate a causal effect of one contact approach or establish population risk. The sample overlaps with the Internet-era paper. Repository metadata shows a 2017 publication date but a 2016 issue citation; counted once.
- Research type
- Qualitative interview study
- Source reviewed
- Abstract
- Peer reviewed
- Yes
- Age group
- Children / Adolescents
Study context and review
Age group as recorded: Children / adolescents
Adoption context: Mixed adoption pathways
Programme: Greenhow digital post-adoption contact study
Institutional context: No relationship identified in the material checked
No adoption-sector organisational relationship identified from metadata reviewed. Funding and conflicts were not comprehensively audited; this is not confirmation of institutional independence.
Bibliographic screening. Bibliographic relationships are not a bias or safety rating.
Topics: adoptee voice, contact, digital contact, letterbox contact
Review scope: Source checked: Abstract. This does not imply full-text or independent human verification.
Country as recorded: United Kingdom (regional recruitment not established)
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