Ascertaining Children's Wishes and Feelings in Relation to Adoption
Researchers examined a random sample of adoption files to see how children’s wishes and feelings were recorded. They inspected social workers’ reports and guardians’ roles. The study described occasions when children’s views were not established during the adoption process.
Limitations: Historical file-based evidence records professional documentation, rather than direct interviews with children. The abstract does not report the sample size. Only the publisher-deposited abstract was reviewed; regional coverage and additional methods are not inferred where unstated. UK research context does not confirm an exclusively England/Wales sample. Publication relationship: this research was published by BAAF or in its Adoption & Fostering journal, now associated with CoramBAAF, an adoption-sector organisation. Publication does not establish that the organisation conducted the research; readers may take the institutional relationship into account.
- Research type
- Case-file study
- Source reviewed
- Abstract
- Peer reviewed
- Yes
- Age group
- Children
Study context and review
Age group as recorded: children
Adoption context: Domestic adoption / adoption from care
Programme: Not recorded
Institutional context: Adoption-sector advocacy/service organisation
Publication relationship: this research was published by BAAF or in its Adoption & Fostering journal, now associated with CoramBAAF, an adoption-sector organisation. Publication does not establish that the organisation conducted the research; readers may take the institutional relationship into account.
Relationship identified. Bibliographic relationships are not a bias or safety rating.
Topics: adoptee voice, adoption system, participation, records
Review scope: Source checked: Abstract. This does not imply full-text or independent human verification.
Country as recorded: United Kingdom research context (sample geography not specified in abstract)
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- Adoptee involvement
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