The Reality of Face-to-Face Contact after Adoption.

Beek, Mary

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ERIC Number: EJ489886

Record Type: CIJE

Publication Date: 1994

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The Reality of Face-to-Face Contact after Adoption.

Beek, Mary

Adoption & Fostering, v18 n2 p39-45 Sum 1994

Reports the findings of a study that examined the views of seven adoptive couples on postadoption contact with their children's birth parents. Discusses the feelings of the adopters, advantages and disadvantages of contact, and how contact affects the parents' relationship with the child and with the birth parent. (TJQ)

Descriptors: Adopted Children, Adoption, Adoptive Parents, Attachment Behavior, Biological Parents, Parent Attitudes, Parent Child Relationship

Publication Type: Reports - Research; Journal Articles

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Language: English

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