Communicating with adopted and care experienced individuals about their history: exploring the psychological and relational impact.
A qualitative evidence synthesis examined life story work with adopted and care-experienced people. An empirical study interviewed adopted people and professionals about communicating personal histories. Themes concerned spoken and unspoken stories, openness, empathy and matching communication to the individual’s readiness. Communication could offer connection and control while also creating emotional and relational challenges.
Limitations: The abstract does not report the interview sample size or recruitment region. The review combines adoption and other care experiences; professional views and adoptee accounts are distinct. Qualitative findings do not establish the effects of a particular intervention.
- Research type
- Doctoral thesis
- Source reviewed
- Abstract
- Peer reviewed
- No
- Age group
- Mixed
Study context and review
Age group as recorded: Mixed
Adoption context: Mixed adoption pathways
Programme: Not recorded
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, Communication about adoption, identity, life story work
Review scope: Source checked: Abstract. This does not imply full-text or independent human verification.
Country as recorded: United Kingdom
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