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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Main Authors: Affleck, M., Steed, Lyndall
Format: Journal Article
Published: American Orthpsychiatric Association, Inc 2001
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/37530
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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