Parental concerns of adopting countries

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Published: Sep 10, 2014
DOI: https://doi.org/10.17060/ijodaep.2014.n1.v1.369
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Adoption adoptive parents parental concerns

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Ana Jorge
Instituto Politécnico de Guarda
Lucas C
Instituto Politécnico de Guarda
Fernanda Lopes
Instituto Politécnico de Guarda

Abstract

Knowing the families in its multiple aspects is an intrinsic task of nursing care. It is essential listen to parents and define the changes to be implemented from what is felt by them as a complaint or restlessness. The concern for their children manifests itself usually through a complaint or concerns about the child. Adoptive parenthood is a different way to access parenting and being a mother or adoptive father brings other challenges and some more specific problems. This study aims to identify the parental concerns of adoptive parents and to identify which characteristics of these parents and adoption process can be associated with it. A descriptive cross-sectional study was developed. Data were collected from a snowball sample comprised of 18 adoptive families: 2 single adoptions and 16 joint adoptions or per couple, through a questionnaire that was sent by e - mail, which the Parental Concerns Scale (Algarvio and Leal, 2004), was part of. Based on the data found that the greatest concern of these parents are situated at the level of school problems and family concern , expressed on the concern if the child has what’s need in school and if the teacher understands the child. These concerns are observed with parents aged between 35 and 39 years old, who had adopted children who are currently in school age and without special needs. It is allied to these features that the adoption has been motivated by the desire to increase family integrated into a life project.

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Jorge, A., C, L., & Lopes, F. (2014). Parental concerns of adopting countries. International Journal of Developmental and Educational Psychology. Revista INFAD De Psicología., 1(1), 259–266. https://doi.org/10.17060/ijodaep.2014.n1.v1.369
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Vol. 1 No. 1 (2014): DEVELOPMENTAL PSYCHOLOGY
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