Abstract
This qualitative study aims at identifying the main representations of the international adoption process through a comparative analysis of 62 Italian stories about international adoption. Content analysis involves the use of thematic analysis as well as computer-assisted text analysis. Results show that adoption is represented varying from a polarization in which “the positive” is situated in the “adoptive world” while “the negative” pertains to the world of the origins, to a more integrated representation in which both the adoptive context and the origins entail positive aspects.
| Lingua originale | English |
|---|---|
| pagine (da-a) | 267-290 |
| Numero di pagine | 24 |
| Rivista | Adoption Quarterly |
| Volume | 20 |
| DOI | |
| Stato di pubblicazione | Pubblicato - 2017 |
| Pubblicato esternamente | Sì |
Keywords
- Adoption protagonists' representations
- Demography
- Law
- Sociology and Political Science
- attribution of responsibility for the child's abandonment
- international adoption stories