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Patricia Fronek - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.

  • Constructing Families and Issues of Race in Transnational Adoption: The Experiences of Adoptive Parents
    Social Science Research Network, 2012
    Co-Authors: Indigo Willing, Patricia Fronek
    Abstract:

    Transnational adoption requires Adoptive Parents to negotiate complexities concerning difference and belonging within the family. Transnational adoption is mediated through societal and governmental prescriptions of suitability that include willingness and competency to raise children to maintain connections to their birth heritages. Tensions in the formation of parental identities are located in different racial, ethnic, cultural and class-based backgrounds to the children they adopt. This contrasts against dominant models of family where constructions of belonging are based on biological ties. A qualitative study of thirty-five Australian Adoptive Parents explored reflections on adoption processes and how the complex task of performing suitability was negotiated. Theoretical understandings were developed using a grounded theory approach. Contemporary social theory with a focus on race, cosmopolitanism and families further developed emergent theoretical understandings during analysis. Tensions in identity formation are discussed. The paper concludes that issues of race in identity formation are marginalised.

  • Constructing Identities and Issues of Race in Transnational Adoption: The Experiences of Adoptive Parents
    British Journal of Social Work, 2012
    Co-Authors: Indigo Willing, Patricia Fronek
    Abstract:

    Transnational adoption requires Adoptive Parents to negotiate complexities concerning difference and belonging within the family. Transnational adoption is mediated through societal and governmental prescriptions of suitability that include willingness and competency to raise children to maintain connections to their birth heritages. Tensions in the formation of parental identities are located in different racial, ethnic, cultural and class-based backgrounds to the children they adopt. This contrasts against dominant models of family where constructions of belonging are based on biological ties. A qualitative study of thirty-five Australian Adoptive Parents explored reflections on adoption processes and how the complex task of performing suitability was negotiated. Theoretical understandings were developed using a grounded theory approach. Contemporary social theory with a focus on race, cosmopolitanism and families further developed emergent theoretical understandings during analysis. Tensions in identity formation are discussed. The paper concludes that issues of race in identity formation are marginalised.

Julianna Z. Smith - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.

  • Predictors of school engagement among same-sex and heterosexual Adoptive Parents of Kindergarteners.
    Journal of school psychology, 2014
    Co-Authors: Abbie E. Goldberg, Julianna Z. Smith
    Abstract:

    Abstract Little research has explored parental engagement in schools in the context of Adoptive parent families or same-sex parent families. The current cross-sectional study explored predictors of Parents' self-reported school involvement, relationships with teachers, and school satisfaction, in a sample of 103 female same-sex, male same-sex, and heterosexual Adoptive parent couples (196 Parents) of kindergarten-age children. Parents who reported more contact by teachers about positive or neutral topics (e.g., their child's good grades) reported more involvement and greater satisfaction with schools, regardless of family type. Parents who reported more contact by teachers about negative topics (e.g., their child's behavior problems) reported better relationships with teachers but lower school satisfaction, regardless of family type. Regarding the broader school context, across all family types, Parents who felt more accepted by other Parents reported more involvement and better parent–teacher relationships; socializing with other Parents was related to greater involvement. Regarding the adoption-specific variables, Parents who perceived their children's schools as more culturally sensitive were more involved and satisfied with the school, regardless of family type. Perceived cultural sensitivity mattered more for heterosexual Adoptive Parents' relationships with their teachers than it did for same-sex Adoptive Parents. Finally, heterosexual Adoptive Parents who perceived high levels of adoption stigma in their children's schools were less involved than those who perceived low levels of stigma, whereas same-sex Adoptive Parents who perceived high levels of stigma were more involved than those who perceived low levels of stigma. Our findings have implications for school professionals, such as school psychologists, who work with diverse families.

  • predictors of parenting stress in lesbian gay and heterosexual Adoptive Parents during early parenthood
    Journal of Family Psychology, 2014
    Co-Authors: Abbie E. Goldberg, Julianna Z. Smith
    Abstract:

    Little work has examined parenting stress in Adoptive Parents, particularly lesbian and gay Adoptive Parents. The current longitudinal study examined parent-reported child characteristics (measured postplacement) and parent and family characteristics (measured preplacement) as predictors of postplacement parenting stress and change in parenting stress across three time points during the first 2 years of Adoptive parenthood, among 148 couples (50 lesbian, 40 gay, and 58 heterosexual) who were first-time Parents. Children in the sample were, on average, 5.61 months (SD = 10.26) when placed, and 2.49 years (SD = .85) at the 2 year postplacement follow-up. Findings revealed that Parents who had been placed with older children and Parents who perceived severe emotional/behavioral problems in their children reported more postplacement stress. In addition, Parents who reported fewer depressive symptoms, more love for their partners, and more family and friend support during the preplacement period had less postplacement stress. Parenting stress decreased for Parents who perceived severe emotional/behavioral problems in their children, but it increased somewhat for those who reported developmental problems in their children. Findings highlight vulnerabilities and resources that may shape Adoptive Parents' experiences of stress in early parenthood, and have implications for both researchers and professionals who wish to support Adoptive family adjustment.

Pekka Tienari - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.

  • communication deviance in Parents of families with adoptees at a high or low risk of schizophrenia spectrum disorders and its associations with attributes of the adoptee and the Adoptive Parents
    Psychiatry Research-neuroimaging, 2011
    Co-Authors: Riikka Roisko, Karlerik Wahlberg, Helina Hakko, Lyman C Wynne, Pekka Tienari
    Abstract:

    Communication Deviance (CD) in rearing Parents is a known indicator of a psychopathology risk in the offspring, but the direction of the effects of these two factors on each other has remained an unresolved question. The purpose of the present study was to clarify this issue by assessing the relationship of CD in Adoptive Parents with certain attributes of the adoptee and Adoptive Parents themselves. The subjects were 109 adoptees at a high or low risk of schizophrenia-spectrum disorders and their Adoptive Parents. Communication Deviance was measured in individual, spouse and family Rorschach situations. Thought disorders in the adoptees were assessed using the Thought Disorder Index. The variability of CD in the Adoptive Parents in individual Rorschach situations was not significantly explained by any characteristics of the child. The variability in parental CD in family Rorschach situations was most closely associated with the characteristics of the Parents themselves. The results strongly support the hypotheses that the frequency of Communication Deviance is an enduring trait rather than a fluctuating state and that frequent CD in parent's speech may impair the growing child's cognitive development and predispose him/her to schizophrenia-spectrum disorders.

Abbie E. Goldberg - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.

  • heterosexual and sexual minority Adoptive Parents help seeking and service satisfaction of pediatricians and mental health providers
    Developmental Child Welfare, 2019
    Co-Authors: Adeline Wyman Battalen, Abbie E. Goldberg, David M. Brodzinsky, Ruth G. Mcroy, Summer Sherburne Hawkins
    Abstract:

    The aim of our study was to examine the associations between heterosexual and sexual minority Adoptive Parents’ adoption-related help-seeking and their service satisfaction with pediatricians and m...

  • Predictors of school engagement among same-sex and heterosexual Adoptive Parents of Kindergarteners.
    Journal of school psychology, 2014
    Co-Authors: Abbie E. Goldberg, Julianna Z. Smith
    Abstract:

    Abstract Little research has explored parental engagement in schools in the context of Adoptive parent families or same-sex parent families. The current cross-sectional study explored predictors of Parents' self-reported school involvement, relationships with teachers, and school satisfaction, in a sample of 103 female same-sex, male same-sex, and heterosexual Adoptive parent couples (196 Parents) of kindergarten-age children. Parents who reported more contact by teachers about positive or neutral topics (e.g., their child's good grades) reported more involvement and greater satisfaction with schools, regardless of family type. Parents who reported more contact by teachers about negative topics (e.g., their child's behavior problems) reported better relationships with teachers but lower school satisfaction, regardless of family type. Regarding the broader school context, across all family types, Parents who felt more accepted by other Parents reported more involvement and better parent–teacher relationships; socializing with other Parents was related to greater involvement. Regarding the adoption-specific variables, Parents who perceived their children's schools as more culturally sensitive were more involved and satisfied with the school, regardless of family type. Perceived cultural sensitivity mattered more for heterosexual Adoptive Parents' relationships with their teachers than it did for same-sex Adoptive Parents. Finally, heterosexual Adoptive Parents who perceived high levels of adoption stigma in their children's schools were less involved than those who perceived low levels of stigma, whereas same-sex Adoptive Parents who perceived high levels of stigma were more involved than those who perceived low levels of stigma. Our findings have implications for school professionals, such as school psychologists, who work with diverse families.

  • predictors of parenting stress in lesbian gay and heterosexual Adoptive Parents during early parenthood
    Journal of Family Psychology, 2014
    Co-Authors: Abbie E. Goldberg, Julianna Z. Smith
    Abstract:

    Little work has examined parenting stress in Adoptive Parents, particularly lesbian and gay Adoptive Parents. The current longitudinal study examined parent-reported child characteristics (measured postplacement) and parent and family characteristics (measured preplacement) as predictors of postplacement parenting stress and change in parenting stress across three time points during the first 2 years of Adoptive parenthood, among 148 couples (50 lesbian, 40 gay, and 58 heterosexual) who were first-time Parents. Children in the sample were, on average, 5.61 months (SD = 10.26) when placed, and 2.49 years (SD = .85) at the 2 year postplacement follow-up. Findings revealed that Parents who had been placed with older children and Parents who perceived severe emotional/behavioral problems in their children reported more postplacement stress. In addition, Parents who reported fewer depressive symptoms, more love for their partners, and more family and friend support during the preplacement period had less postplacement stress. Parenting stress decreased for Parents who perceived severe emotional/behavioral problems in their children, but it increased somewhat for those who reported developmental problems in their children. Findings highlight vulnerabilities and resources that may shape Adoptive Parents' experiences of stress in early parenthood, and have implications for both researchers and professionals who wish to support Adoptive family adjustment.

  • Adoption: Lesbian and Gay Adoptive Parents
    Encyclopedia of Social Work, 2014
    Co-Authors: Abbie E. Goldberg, April M. Moyer
    Abstract:

    Adoption by lesbian and gay Parents is becomingly increasingly common. This entry presents an overview of the limited research that has focused on lesbian and gay Adoptive Parents. Specifically, this entry addresses the experience of Adoptive parenthood for lesbian and gay Parents, with emphasis on the decision-making process (that is, choosing adoption, choosing an agency, choosing an adoption type, and specifying child characteristics), the transition to Adoptive parenthood, the psychological adjustment of the Adoptive Parents and their children, and the Adoptive parent–child relationship. We end with recommendations for future research and implications for practitioners and policymakers.

Karlerik Wahlberg - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.

  • communication deviance in Parents of families with adoptees at a high or low risk of schizophrenia spectrum disorders and its associations with attributes of the adoptee and the Adoptive Parents
    Psychiatry Research-neuroimaging, 2011
    Co-Authors: Riikka Roisko, Karlerik Wahlberg, Helina Hakko, Lyman C Wynne, Pekka Tienari
    Abstract:

    Communication Deviance (CD) in rearing Parents is a known indicator of a psychopathology risk in the offspring, but the direction of the effects of these two factors on each other has remained an unresolved question. The purpose of the present study was to clarify this issue by assessing the relationship of CD in Adoptive Parents with certain attributes of the adoptee and Adoptive Parents themselves. The subjects were 109 adoptees at a high or low risk of schizophrenia-spectrum disorders and their Adoptive Parents. Communication Deviance was measured in individual, spouse and family Rorschach situations. Thought disorders in the adoptees were assessed using the Thought Disorder Index. The variability of CD in the Adoptive Parents in individual Rorschach situations was not significantly explained by any characteristics of the child. The variability in parental CD in family Rorschach situations was most closely associated with the characteristics of the Parents themselves. The results strongly support the hypotheses that the frequency of Communication Deviance is an enduring trait rather than a fluctuating state and that frequent CD in parent's speech may impair the growing child's cognitive development and predispose him/her to schizophrenia-spectrum disorders.