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Adoption; Biological Parents; Disclosure; Parent Attitudes; Racial Differences; Satisfaction; State Surveys; Transracial Adoption; Adoptive Parents; California; Open Adoption

Adoptive Parents' Perceptions of, and Comfort with, Open Adoption.

Posted July 15th, 2007 by dawn

Authors:

Berry, Marianne

Source:

Child Welfare, Volume 72, Issue 3, p.231-53 (1993)

URL:

http://eric.ed.gov/ERICWebPortal/recordDetail?accno=EJ462990

Keywords:

Adoption; Biological Parents; Disclosure; Parent Attitudes; Racial Differences; Satisfaction; State Surveys; Transracial Adoption; Adoptive Parents; California; Open Adoption

Abstract:

Discusses the results of a survey of 1,268 adoptive parents in California. Found that postplacement contact with biological parents was common in this sample and that adoptive parents, with some exceptions, seemed cautiously comfortable with such contact.