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Exploring Family Coherence and Adaptability Among Adoptive Families

The current study sought to answer the question: Does reported family coherence and adaptability differ between parents who completed private, public, and international adoptions? The desired population was adoptive parents in the United States. The survey utilized two existing measures, the Family Sense of Coherence (FSOC) and the Family Adaptation Scales (FAS). Results of a one-way independent ANOVA showed that adoption type (i.e. private, public, international) had no significant effect on FSOC and FAS sum scores. Future research should recruit a larger and more representative sample of adoptive parents in the United States, so that findings can be used to tailor educational programming with adoptive parents.

Identiferoai:union.ndltd.org:ETSU/oai:dc.etsu.edu:secfr-conf-1121
Date04 April 2020
CreatorsShaw, Emily, Hardman, Alisha, PhD
PublisherDigital Commons @ East Tennessee State University
Source SetsEast Tennessee State University
Detected LanguageEnglish
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SourceSoutheastern Council on Family Relations Conference

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