Lo Albert Y H, Grotevant Harold D, McRoy Ruth G
University of Massachusetts Amherst.
Boston College.
Adopt Q. 2019;22(1):75-93. doi: 10.1080/10926755.2018.1488328. Epub 2019 Jan 26.
Adoption research often includes multiple members of the adoption network, each of whom has distinctive perspectives. Participants may include adopted individuals and their siblings as well as adoptive parents, birth parents, and adoption professionals. Due to these multiple informants and the sensitivity of the topics explored in adoption research, researchers encounter several unique ethical concerns when working with populations impacted by adoption. The current paper addresses confidentiality and privacy issues that arise when conducting adoption research. Examples from a longitudinal study on openness in adoption are provided to highlight strategies that can be used to address these issues.
收养研究通常涉及收养网络中的多名成员,他们每个人都有独特的视角。参与者可能包括被收养者及其兄弟姐妹,以及养父母、亲生父母和收养专业人员。由于存在这些多个信息提供者,且收养研究中探讨的主题具有敏感性,研究人员在与受收养影响的人群合作时会遇到一些独特的伦理问题。本文讨论了开展收养研究时出现的保密和隐私问题。文中提供了一项关于收养中公开性的纵向研究的实例,以突出可用于解决这些问题的策略。