Adult adoptees’ experiences of first name changes
Twenty-nine adult adoptees contributed accounts of first-name changes, including the significance of birth names and missing information about original names or why they were changed.
Limitations: Self-selected qualitative sample. 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
- Qualitative
- Source reviewed
- Full text
- Peer reviewed
- Yes
- Age group
- Adults
Study context and review
Age group as recorded: Adults
Adoption context: Domestic adoption
Programme: Not recorded
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: adult adoptees, birth name, identity, names, records, UK research
Review scope: Source checked: Full text. This does not imply full-text or independent human verification.
Country as recorded: England and Wales
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- Adoptee involvement
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