Garber Karin J, French Quade Y S, Grotevant Harold D
University of Massachusetts, Amherst.
The University of Massachusetts.
New Dir Child Adolesc Dev. 2015 Dec;2015(150):77-89. doi: 10.1002/cad.20123.
The Adoption Mentoring Partnership (AMP) matches preadolescent adoptees with adopted college students, prioritizing matches of the same ethnic background. As part of AMP, participants actively discuss issues of ethnicity and adoption with a cohort of mentors over a period of 1 to 3 years in mentor group meetings (MGMs). This study focuses on mentors' perceptions of ethnic identity processes within the context of adoption during their participation in AMP. Thematic analysis is used to analyze two interviews from each of 12 internationally and transracially adopted mentors (8 females, 4 males; average age = 20.4 years; birth countries from Asia or Latin America). Four overarching domains emerged: personal ethnic identity exploration, communication with family members about adoption/ethnicity, social exchanges outside the family, and mentors' perceived personal meanings of ethnicity while participating in AMP. All mentors acknowledged degrees of ambivalence around ethnic identity, yet reported overwhelmingly positive feelings about participating in AMP.
领养指导伙伴关系（AMP）将青春期前的领养儿童与领养大学生进行匹配，优先考虑同种族背景的匹配。作为AMP的一部分，参与者在1至3年的时间里，在指导小组会议（MGMs）中与一群指导者积极讨论种族和领养问题。本研究聚焦于指导者在参与AMP期间，对领养背景下种族身份认同过程的看法。采用主题分析法对12名国际和跨种族领养的指导者（8名女性，4名男性；平均年龄 = 20.4岁；出生国为亚洲或拉丁美洲）每人进行的两次访谈进行分析。出现了四个总体领域：个人种族身份探索、与家庭成员就领养/种族问题进行沟通、家庭以外的社交交流，以及指导者在参与AMP期间对种族的个人认知意义。所有指导者都承认在种族身份认同方面存在一定程度的矛盾心理，但绝大多数人表示参与AMP的感受是积极的。
