Outcome of Black Children--White Parents Transracial Adoptions

This dissertation aims to identify the specific satisfactions derived and difficulties encountered by white parents who adopted a preschool-aged Black child, and to assess the overall outcome of white couples-black children adoptions. Two groups; a group of 82 white parents who adopted a Black child...

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Main Author Zastrow, Charles H
Format Report
LanguageEnglish
Published R & E Research Associates, Inc 1977
Subjects
Adoption
Blacks
Interviews
Intraracial Adoption
Parent Attitudes
Racial Attitudes
Racial Relations
Whites
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Summary:This dissertation aims to identify the specific satisfactions derived and difficulties encountered by white parents who adopted a preschool-aged Black child, and to assess the overall outcome of white couples-black children adoptions. Two groups; a group of 82 white parents who adopted a Black child, and a matched comparison group of white parents who adopted a child of their own race, were formed. Data were obtained through family interviews and from adoption records. Specific interview questions addressed satisfactions and difficulties of parents, reactions of friends and strangers, anticipations of future problems, and suggestions for improvement of adoption procedures. Results indicate that transracial placements are as successful, in terms of parents' satisfaction with their adoptive experience, as intraracial placements. A review of prior studies of the characteristics of adoptive families is included. Interview forms for both groups of parents are appended. (Author/RH)