Open Adoption and Post-Adoption Birth Family Contact: A Comparison of Non-Relative Foster and Private Adoptions |
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Authors: | Monica Faulkner Elissa E Madden |
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Institution: | 1. University of Texas at Austin , Austin , Texas , USA;2. University of Texas at Arlington , Arlington , Texas , USA |
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Abstract: | This study used data from the National Survey of Adoptive Parents (NSAP) to compare post-adoption contact in families with non-relative private domestic and foster care adoptions. This study is the first to use a nationally representative sample to examine and compare the extent of post-adoption contact in both private and foster adoptions. The results suggest that children adopted from foster care were less likely to experience post-adoption contact with their birth families than children adopted privately despite the fact that they were more likely to have lived with their birth families. |
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Keywords: | adoption open adoption foster care private adoption National Survey of Adoptive Parents |
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