Expectations and Experiences of Participants in Ongoing Adoption Reunion Relationships:A Qualitative Study
This article describes the expectations, responses to unmet expectations, and factors that influence adoption reunion outcomes. Themes derived for interviews with 10 adult adoptees and 10 birth mothers who had each experienced an adoption reunion beyond an initial face-to-face meeting are reported.
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American Orthpsychiatric Association, Inc
2001
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| author | Affleck, M. Steed, Lyndall |
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| description | This article describes the expectations, responses to unmet expectations, and factors that influence adoption reunion outcomes. Themes derived for interviews with 10 adult adoptees and 10 birth mothers who had each experienced an adoption reunion beyond an initial face-to-face meeting are reported. |
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| spelling | curtin-20.500.11937-375302017-01-30T14:03:58Z Expectations and Experiences of Participants in Ongoing Adoption Reunion Relationships:A Qualitative Study Affleck, M. Steed, Lyndall adoption - reunion - adoptee - birth mother This article describes the expectations, responses to unmet expectations, and factors that influence adoption reunion outcomes. Themes derived for interviews with 10 adult adoptees and 10 birth mothers who had each experienced an adoption reunion beyond an initial face-to-face meeting are reported. 2001 Journal Article http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/37530 American Orthpsychiatric Association, Inc fulltext |
| spellingShingle | adoption - reunion - adoptee - birth mother Affleck, M. Steed, Lyndall Expectations and Experiences of Participants in Ongoing Adoption Reunion Relationships:A Qualitative Study |
| title | Expectations and Experiences of Participants in Ongoing Adoption Reunion Relationships:A Qualitative Study |
| title_full | Expectations and Experiences of Participants in Ongoing Adoption Reunion Relationships:A Qualitative Study |
| title_fullStr | Expectations and Experiences of Participants in Ongoing Adoption Reunion Relationships:A Qualitative Study |
| title_full_unstemmed | Expectations and Experiences of Participants in Ongoing Adoption Reunion Relationships:A Qualitative Study |
| title_short | Expectations and Experiences of Participants in Ongoing Adoption Reunion Relationships:A Qualitative Study |
| title_sort | expectations and experiences of participants in ongoing adoption reunion relationships:a qualitative study |
| topic | adoption - reunion - adoptee - birth mother |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/37530 |