Cashen Krystal K, Grotevant Harold D, Battalen Adeline Wyman, Sellers Christina M, McRoy Ruth G
University of Massachusetts Amherst.
Boston College.
Fam Relat. 2021 Feb;70(1):120-129. doi: 10.1111/fare.12477. Epub 2020 Jul 28.
To understand how adult adoptees use traditional and tech-mediated modes of communication in contact with birth parents. To examine associations between desire for increased use of both modes and quality of relationship.
As tech-mediated modes of communication become more commonplace, it is important to understand their implications for family relationship quality. Limited research has examined the use of tech-mediated modes of communication between adult adoptees and birth parents.
Participants ( = 31 years) were adopted as infants ( = 90). Participants reported their current and desired future use of traditional and tech-mediated communication modes and their satisfaction with contact, current closeness, desired future closeness, and psychological presence of birth parents.
Those with current contact reported using both traditional and tech-mediated modes of communication. Desired increase of traditional modes was associated with greater psychological presence and desired future closeness with birth mothers, while both traditional and tech-mediated were associated with these outcomes for birth fathers.
Adult adoptees use both traditional and tech-mediated modes of communication with their birth parents. However, these modes may play distinct roles in maintaining close relationships with birth parents.
Family professionals should consider the unique roles traditional and tech-mediated modes of communication may play when supporting adult adoptees in contact with birth relatives.
了解成年养子女在与亲生父母联系时如何使用传统和科技介导的沟通方式。研究增加使用这两种沟通方式的意愿与关系质量之间的关联。
随着科技介导的沟通方式变得越来越普遍，了解它们对家庭关系质量的影响很重要。有限的研究探讨了成年养子女与亲生父母之间科技介导沟通方式的使用情况。
参与者（平均年龄 = 31岁）在婴儿时期被收养（n = 90）。参与者报告了他们当前和未来对传统及科技介导沟通方式的使用情况，以及他们对联系的满意度、当前的亲密程度、期望的未来亲密程度和亲生父母的心理陪伴感。
目前有联系的人报告同时使用传统和科技介导的沟通方式。希望增加传统沟通方式的使用与更强的心理陪伴感以及与亲生母亲期望的未来亲密程度相关，而对于亲生父亲，传统和科技介导的沟通方式都与这些结果相关。
成年养子女与亲生父母同时使用传统和科技介导的沟通方式。然而，这些方式在与亲生父母维持亲密关系中可能发挥不同的作用。
家庭专业人员在支持成年养子女与亲生亲属联系时，应考虑传统和科技介导的沟通方式可能发挥的独特作用。
