How adopters’ and foster carers’ perceptions of ‘family’ affect communicative openness in post-adoption contact interactions

Fiona Macleod; Lesley Storey; Teresa Rushe; Michele Kavanagh; Francis Agnew; Katrina McLaughlin

doi:10.1177/03085759211060715

How adopters’ and foster carers’ perceptions of ‘family’ affect communicative openness in post-adoption contact interactions

Fiona Macleod^*, Lesley Storey, Teresa Rushe, Michele Kavanagh, Francis Agnew, Katrina McLaughlin

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Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	430-441
Number of pages	12
Journal	Adoption and Fostering
Volume	45
Issue number	4
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1177/03085759211060715
Publication status	Published (VoR) - Dec 2021

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We would like to thank the Post-Adoption and Fostering Teams with whom we have had the pleasure of working and, specifically, the social workers who supported participant recruitment, and the adoptive mothers and foster carers who were so willing to share their thoughts, feelings and experiences. The author(s) received no financial support for the research, authorship, and/or publication of this article.

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Communicative openness
adoption
adoptive parents
construction of family
foster carers
parenting

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