Surnames in Adoption: (Re)creating Identities of Belonging
Adult adoptee and adopter accounts were used to examine how surnames relate to family belonging, individual identity, birth-family connections and lineage.
Limitations: Qualitative study combining adoptee and adopter perspectives.
- 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: 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, belonging, identity, names, surnames, UK research
Review scope: Source checked: Full text. This does not imply full-text or independent human verification.
Country as recorded: England and Wales
- Funding
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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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Entry: study_8ca7be34fb105f34