Adoptive parents' racial colorblindness and adopted Korean adolescents' experiences of discrimination.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

Using longitudinal data, this study investigated the association between parent racial colorblindness and discrimination toward children (reported by both parents and adolescents) in transracial, transnational adoptive families.

Method

Eighty White adoptive parents with adopted Korean children (ages 5-12 years old) were surveyed in 2007 (Time 1 [T1]), and both parents and adolescents (ages 13-19 years old) were surveyed in 2014 (Time 2 [T2]). Parents completed a self-report measure of parent racial colorblindness toward their child at T1 and T2, and parents and adolescents completed a measure of discrimination experienced by adoptees at T2.

Results

Parent reports of racial colorblindness toward their child were not significantly different between T1 and T2.

SUBMITTER: Simon KA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11902873 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature