Cultural identity and internationally adopted children: qualitative approach to parental representations.

ABSTRACT: Approximately 30 000 children are adopted across national borders each year. A review of the literature on the cultural belonging of these internationally adopted children shows substantial differences between the literature from English-speaking countries and that from France and Europe in general. The objective of this study is to start from the discourse of French adoptive parents to explore their representations of their child's cultural belonging and their positions (their thoughts and representations) concerning connections with the child's country of birth and its culture. The study includes 51 French parents who adopted one or more children internationally. Each parent participated in a semi-structured interview, focused on the adoption procedure and their current associations with

SUBMITTER: Harf A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4361487 | biostudies-literature | 2015

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature