‘I started to feel not ashamed of who I was’: transracially adopted adults and adoption support
Researchers interviewed transracially adopted adults and held a lesbian, gay and bisexual focus group within an adoption-support evaluation. Accounts from 12 adults described what support meant to them and gaps in provision. The paper examines support needs linked to transracial adoption using participants’ own accounts.
Limitations: Small service-user sample cannot show prevalence or represent transracial adoptees who did not use the agency. Interviews and focus-group participants are not additional independent samples. Only the publisher-deposited abstract was reviewed; regional coverage and additional methods are not inferred where unstated. Related programme publications may use overlapping participants; these are separate publications, not independent replications. Participants were users of an independent post-adoption support agency whose service was being studied. The service-user recruitment relationship should be considered.
- Research type
- Qualitative study
- Source reviewed
- Abstract
- Peer reviewed
- Yes
- Age group
- Adults
Study context and review
Age group as recorded: adults
Adoption context: Domestic adoption / adoption from care
Programme: Harris post-adoption service-user research
Institutional context: Adoption-sector service evaluation
Participants were users of an independent post-adoption support agency whose service was being studied. The service-user recruitment relationship should be considered.
Relationship identified. Bibliographic relationships are not a bias or safety rating.
Topics: adoptee voice, LGBTQ+, post-adoption support, race, transracial adoption
Review scope: Source checked: Abstract. This does not imply full-text or independent human verification.
Country as recorded: England
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