Thesis (M.S.)--Eastern Illinois University, 2009. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 47-50).

Thesis (Ph. D.)--UCLA, 2009. / Vita. Description based on print version record. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 131-144).

Att adoptera och att bli adopterad kan vara en påfrestande livserfarenhet så stöd och hjälp frånbarnhälsovården, socialtjänsten, sjukvården och barnpsykiatrin kan bli nödvändig. Föreliggandestudie är en registerstudie och omfattar 50 221 barn, varav 440 adopterade, som är födda mellan1994-2007 och folkbokförda i Uppsala län. Syftet med studien är att undersöka om det finnsnågra skillnader i kontakten med BVC för adoptivbarn jämfört med biologiska barn vad gällerantal mottagningsbesök, antal hembesök, MPR vaccinationer, skickade remisser till barnläkare,psykolog, ortoptist, audiolog och logoped samt om barnen genomfört syn-, hörsel ochspråkscreening och utfallet på dessa screeningar. Logistiska- och linjära regressionsanlysergjordes och en del korrigerades för ålder. Adoptivbarnen fick både färre hembesök och färremottagningsbesök. Det var också lägre andel adoptivbarn som blev vaccinerade mot MPR. Vadgäller remisser skickades för adoptivbarnen högre andel remisser till BHV-psykolog, ortoptistoch till logoped. De biologiska barnen genomförde synscreening i högre grad. Adoptivbarnenfick i högre grad utfall på syn- och hörselscreening. Adoptivbarnen får i lägre utsträckning änbiologiska barn ta del av viktiga komponenter i svensk barnhälsovård vilket kan leda till sämrehälsa för gruppen på lång sikt. Vården behöver bli mer jämlik för adoptivbarnen och för attkomma till insikt om varför dessa skillnader finns behövs fler studier på området. / To adopt and to be adopted can be a distressing experience of life, and support from child healthcare, social services, health care and child psychiatry may be necessary. This study is aregister study and covers 50,221 children, of which 440 are adopted, born between 1994-2007 and registered in Uppsala län. The purpose of the study is to investigate if there areany differences in the contact with child health care for adopted children compared withbiological children as regards to the number of clinic visits, number of home visits, children whoare vaccinated with MMR, referrals to pediatricians, psychologists, orthoptist and speechtherapist and if the children perform the visual-, auditory-, and language screening and theoutcome of these screenings. Logistic- and linear regression analyzes were made and some werecorrected for age. The adoptees had both significantly fewer home visits and office visits than thebiological children. There were also a lower proportion of adopted children who were vaccinatedagainst MMR. The adopted children had significantly more referrals sent to the BHVpsychologist,the orthoptist and the speech therapist. Adopted children take a lesser part inimportant childcare components than biological children. This could lead to a worse health forthis group in the long term. The healthcare need to be more equal amongst children, and to getcloser to the cause of these differences more studies is needed.

The process of adoption in the U.S. is incredibly hard to navigate as an adoptive parent. Each primary type of adoption (international, foster, private domestic) comes with its own challenges and costs. One of the hardest challenges for both adopted children and adoptive families forming a secure and satisfactory attachment. Examining what goes into a child’s ability to attach to caregiver will help the analysis of the attachment issues that all adoptive families undergo. The adoptive parent must also start to form an attachment to their child as well as help the child transition into their new placement. Adoptive parents however, often find themselves questioning the legitimacy of their parenthood with their new child. This is further hindered if the child has problems forming secure attachments to others. A greater breadth of resources are needed to counteract these common issues so that adoptive families can get more specific help for their unique situations. As adoption becomes more socially acceptable and prevalent, stronger pushes towards data collection and research will help future adoptive families to form secure attachments more quickly and easily.

Thesis (M.S.)--Ohio University, August, 2009. / Title from PDF t.p. Includes bibliographical references.

Thesis (M.A.)--Carleton University, 2001. / Includes bibliographical references. Also available in electronic format on the Internet.

Thesis (M.A.)--Denver Seminary, 2008. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 62-68).

Thesis (Ph. D.)--Florida State University, 2006. / Advisor: Scott D. Ryan, Florida State University, College of Social Work. Title and description from dissertation home page (viewed Sept. 20, 2006). Document formatted into pages; contains x,117 pages. Includes bibliographical references.

No abstract available / Social Work / M. Diac. (Play Therapy)

Although there has been an abundance of research on attachment, few studies have researched the treatment of attachment difficulties or have used qualitative methods. This study explores how older adoptive/foster children with attachment difficulties form attachments with their adoptive/foster parents. The method of inquiry is fictional stories. I show how children in the context of new relationships with healthy attachment figures who do not abandon or hurt them, modify their inferred internal constructions of attachment figures. This study has four parts: In the first part, I introduce the subject of attachment and the research method of fiction. In the second part, I discuss how I came to choose fiction as the method of inquiry. I explore the matter of the ethics of doing research with children, including the difficulty of gaining informed consent and the inherent dangers of a dual relationship of counsellor-researcher. I deconstruct the authority of the Human Research Ethics Committee and explore the relationship of fiction to truth in terms of the assumptions that there is no one true set of facts, but rather multiple constructed realities or “fictions”. In part 3, I present 5 fictional stories, featuring composites of various children with attachment difficulties I have worked with as a psychotherapist. They are all children who have been able to overcome many internal barriers to attach to their parents. There is a first person account of an 11 year old adoptive child who spent his infancy in a Romanian orphanage; a radio play of a 5 year old black child who spent part of his infancy in an orphanage in Haiti; a didactic-descriptive account of a foster parent as attachment figure with 4 hard-to-reach youth; a short story of a 15 year old adopted teenager who rejects her adoptive parents and later, returns to them; and a fairy tale depicting a lonely, distancing 8 year old girl who connected with her rejecting mother. Interspersed throughout these stories are my own poetry and prose that offer other perspectives on the topic of attachment. Part 4 is the discussion and interpretation of the underlying issues raised by the text, presented in the multivocal style of a T.V. show. Topics include the adoptive/foster child's torturous ambivalence toward the attachment figure/parent; a period of rejection of the parent; the child's fear and pain associated with his/her own unfulfilled longing; and the child's re-enactment of the trauma. The implications for Child Welfare practice, training of child care workers and counsellors are discussed. The relevancy of these children's inner conflicts regarding attachment to our own struggles with love individually and as a society is mentioned. / Graduate