Damaged identity and the search for kinship in adult adoptees
Seventy-six adults from an organisation helping adoptees trace origins were studied. The paper explores identity, searching and reunion and notably reports that discovering siblings was often experienced positively.
Limitations: Participants belonged to a tracing organisation; terminology and interpretation reflect its era.
- Research type
- Questionnaire and interviews
- Source reviewed
- Abstract
- 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, identity, reunion, search, siblings, 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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- 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_c75c8e6300b35ecd