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Area of Science:

  • Adoption and Family Studies
  • Adolescent Development
  • Kinship Network Dynamics

Background:

  • Understanding the evolving dynamics of adoptive kinship networks is crucial.
  • Adolescence is a critical period for changes in family relationships, including those involving birth families.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate the processes within adoptive kinship networks experiencing shifts in openness during adolescence.
  • To analyze changes in contact levels (increase from indirect to direct, or cessation) between adoptive and birth families.

Main Methods:

  • Intensive case study analysis of 8 adoptive kinship networks.
  • Longitudinal study tracking changes in contact between Wave 1 and Wave 2.

Main Results:

  • Adoptive mothers were more involved in contact than fathers or adolescents.
  • Networks decreasing contact showed disagreements on reasons for cessation.
  • Birth mothers reported lower satisfaction with contact compared to adoptive parents.
  • Adult satisfaction correlated with perceived control and boundary permeability.
  • Contact responsibility increasingly shifted to the adopted adolescent.

Conclusions:

  • Shifting openness in adoptive kinship networks during adolescence involves complex interpersonal dynamics.
  • Discrepancies in perceived reasons for contact changes and varying satisfaction levels highlight network challenges.
  • The increasing responsibility for contact placed on adolescents warrants further attention.