Adoption : parents' perceptions of facilitating factors and challenges in the development of the relationship with their baby

dc.contributor.advisorWilliams, Fatimaen_ZA
dc.contributor.authorHenwood, Penelopeen_ZA
dc.date.accessioned2016-07-25T11:29:58Z
dc.date.available2016-07-25T11:29:58Z
dc.date.issued2016en_ZA
dc.description.abstractThe study explored the experiences of parents around their adoption process and relationship-building with their babies. It considered their motivation to adopt and their expectations of what that would entail. Challenges and facilitating factors were examined with regards to how their relationship with their child, rarely new born when placed, grew and developed. The study used Ecological and Attachment theories as theoretical frameworks. This research was conducted using a qualitative research design. Twenty participants (ten adoptive couples) were selected using purposive sampling by an adoption agency and interviewed from a semi-structured interview schedule. Each interview was recorded using a Dictaphone and transcribed by the researcher. Data was thereafter analysed using qualitative methods, specifically analytic induction and open coding. The findings of this study highlighted the complexities of the non-normative transition to adoptive parenthood necessary for many who expected to become parents naturally. The stressors involved include micro and macro preferences for biological kin, fears of not being able to love a child not born to oneself and insecurity around the child returning to their biological parents. It was found that the screening process played a valuable role in lessening these fears, creating support structures and working through loss related to infertility.en_ZA
dc.identifier.apacitationHenwood, P. (2016). <i>Adoption : parents' perceptions of facilitating factors and challenges in the development of the relationship with their baby</i>. (Thesis). University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Humanities ,Department of Social Development. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/11427/20700en_ZA
dc.identifier.chicagocitationHenwood, Penelope. <i>"Adoption : parents' perceptions of facilitating factors and challenges in the development of the relationship with their baby."</i> Thesis., University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Humanities ,Department of Social Development, 2016. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/20700en_ZA
dc.identifier.citationHenwood, P. 2016. Adoption : parents' perceptions of facilitating factors and challenges in the development of the relationship with their baby. University of Cape Town.en_ZA
dc.identifier.ris TY - Thesis / Dissertation AU - Henwood, Penelope AB - The study explored the experiences of parents around their adoption process and relationship-building with their babies. It considered their motivation to adopt and their expectations of what that would entail. Challenges and facilitating factors were examined with regards to how their relationship with their child, rarely new born when placed, grew and developed. The study used Ecological and Attachment theories as theoretical frameworks. This research was conducted using a qualitative research design. Twenty participants (ten adoptive couples) were selected using purposive sampling by an adoption agency and interviewed from a semi-structured interview schedule. Each interview was recorded using a Dictaphone and transcribed by the researcher. Data was thereafter analysed using qualitative methods, specifically analytic induction and open coding. The findings of this study highlighted the complexities of the non-normative transition to adoptive parenthood necessary for many who expected to become parents naturally. The stressors involved include micro and macro preferences for biological kin, fears of not being able to love a child not born to oneself and insecurity around the child returning to their biological parents. It was found that the screening process played a valuable role in lessening these fears, creating support structures and working through loss related to infertility. DA - 2016 DB - OpenUCT DP - University of Cape Town LK - https://open.uct.ac.za PB - University of Cape Town PY - 2016 T1 - Adoption : parents' perceptions of facilitating factors and challenges in the development of the relationship with their baby TI - Adoption : parents' perceptions of facilitating factors and challenges in the development of the relationship with their baby UR - http://hdl.handle.net/11427/20700 ER - en_ZA
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11427/20700
dc.identifier.vancouvercitationHenwood P. Adoption : parents' perceptions of facilitating factors and challenges in the development of the relationship with their baby. [Thesis]. University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Humanities ,Department of Social Development, 2016 [cited yyyy month dd]. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/11427/20700en_ZA
dc.language.isoengen_ZA
dc.publisher.departmentDepartment of Social Developmenten_ZA
dc.publisher.facultyFaculty of Humanitiesen_ZA
dc.publisher.institutionUniversity of Cape Town
dc.subject.otherClinical Social Worken_ZA
dc.titleAdoption : parents' perceptions of facilitating factors and challenges in the development of the relationship with their babyen_ZA
dc.typeMaster Thesis
dc.type.qualificationlevelMasters
dc.type.qualificationnameMSocScen_ZA
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