Searching, reunion and transracial adoption
Interviews with transracially adopted adults found racial and ethnic identity could be an important motivation for searching. Participants often felt they gained from search or reunion, while hopes concerning racial or ethnic identity were not always met.
Limitations: Searching adults are not representative of all transracial adoptees. 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 interviews
- Source reviewed
- Abstract
- Peer reviewed
- Yes
- Age group
- Adults
Study context and review
Age group as recorded: Adults
Adoption context: Transracial 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: identity, race, reunion, search, transracial adoption, 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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- 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_ac1236195b345e67