Siegel Deborah H
School of Social Work, Rhode Island College, Providence 02908, USA.
Soc Work. 2003 Jul;48(3):409-19. doi: 10.1093/sw/48.3.409.
Adoptions today increasingly include contact between adoptive and birth families. What do these "open adoptions" look like? How do the participants feel about them? This article, based on part of a longitudinal study that first examined adoptive parents' perceptions of their infants' open adoptions seven years ago, explores the parents' reactions now that their children are school age. This qualitative descriptive research revealed changes in the openness in the adoptions over time and identified four dimensions along which open adoptions vary. Findings showed parents' enthusiasm for the openness in their adoptions, regardless of the type and extent of openness. Implications for social work practice, education, and policy are explored.
如今，收养越来越多地涉及收养家庭与亲生家庭之间的联系。这些“开放式收养”是怎样的？参与者对它们有何感受？本文基于一项纵向研究的部分内容，该研究七年前首次考察了养父母对其婴儿开放式收养的看法，探讨了如今孩子已到上学年龄时父母的反应。这项定性描述性研究揭示了收养中开放性随时间的变化，并确定了开放式收养存在差异的四个维度。研究结果表明，无论开放的类型和程度如何，父母对收养中的开放性都很热情。文中还探讨了对社会工作实践、教育和政策的启示。
