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  • Title: The experience of adoptive parents in adoption reunion relationships: a qualitative study.
    Author: Petta GA, Steed LG.
    Journal: Am J Orthopsychiatry; 2005 Apr; 75(2):230-41. PubMed ID: 15839760.
    Abstract:
    The issues experienced by adoptive parents when faced with an adult child's searching or reunion relationship with his or her birth family, how adoptive parents place themselves within this process, and the factors that influence their experience at this time were explored in a qualitative study of 21 adoptive parents. Themes derived from semistructured interviews are discussed, and implications for clinical practice and future research are suggested.
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