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Infertility, Reproductive Loss And The Adoption Home Study Process, Emily Jacobsma
Infertility, Reproductive Loss And The Adoption Home Study Process, Emily Jacobsma
Master of Social Work Clinical Research Papers
The purpose of this research was to explore how a history of infertility and reproductive loss impacts an individual’s experience of the adoption home study process. Many individuals use adoption to expand their family after losing the ability to have a child biologically. This study examined the prevalence of grief in individuals with infertility and reproductive loss as well as how that grief is currently addressed by social work professionals in the adoption home study assessment. Participants were gathered through social media groups online as well as various adoption support organizations. Participants were asked to fill out a confidential survey …
Birthmothers Today: The Post Adoption Experience, Angela R. Jansen
Birthmothers Today: The Post Adoption Experience, Angela R. Jansen
Master of Social Work Clinical Research Papers
This research project is a qualitative study that identified what birthmothers experience emotionally, physically, and psychologically once a domestic adoption has been finalized. Also, the study looked at the reasons why support services for birthmothers are low and how adoption agencies can best support this population. The data was analyzed using content analysis and interpreted through an inductive approach. The conceptual framework used to understand how the participants for the interviews responded was a Biopsychosocial Approach and the Strengths-Based Perspective. Ten interviews were conducted for this study with two different groups: five with birthparent counselors and five with birthmothers. All …