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Det var värt det, vi fick ju ett barn till slut - Adoptivföräldrars upplevelse av att vara under utredning

Gedda, Jessica LU and Sörensen, Felicia LU (2014) SOPA63 20141
School of Social Work
Abstract
Author: Jessica Gedda and Felicia Sörensen
Title: It was worth it, we got a child in the end – Adoptive parents’ experience of being under investigation for adoption [translated title]
Supervisor: Anna Angelin
Assessor: Hans-Edvard Roos

The aim of this study was to examine how adoptive parents’ experience to be under investigation for adoption at the social services. Furthermore the ambition was to find out whether the adoption investigation was seen as an intrusive and unpleasant experience or as a natural part of becoming an adoptive parent. To best achieve the purpose of our essay we chose to use a qualitative approach and within that area we decided that the best option for the aim of our study was semi-structured interviews. The... (More)
Author: Jessica Gedda and Felicia Sörensen
Title: It was worth it, we got a child in the end – Adoptive parents’ experience of being under investigation for adoption [translated title]
Supervisor: Anna Angelin
Assessor: Hans-Edvard Roos

The aim of this study was to examine how adoptive parents’ experience to be under investigation for adoption at the social services. Furthermore the ambition was to find out whether the adoption investigation was seen as an intrusive and unpleasant experience or as a natural part of becoming an adoptive parent. To best achieve the purpose of our essay we chose to use a qualitative approach and within that area we decided that the best option for the aim of our study was semi-structured interviews. The report is based on six interviews with adoptive parents who all live together, and have adopted together, with a heterosexual partner. They have all passed and finished the adoption investigation and are since 2-11 years back parents to an adoptive child. Our analysis is made on the basis of Erving Goffmans’ dramaturgical theory and Albert Hirschmans’ theory about exit and voice. The most important result of the study is that all of the respondents agreed about the fact that the adoption investigation at times was hard but in the end were worth the time and the effort. The reason for these opinions is that the adoptive parents see the purpose of the adoption investigation as something obvious and it therefore cannot be questioned. (Less)
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author
Gedda, Jessica LU and Sörensen, Felicia LU
supervisor
organization
alternative title
It was worth it, we got a child in the end – Adoptive parents’ experience of being under investigation for adoption [translated title]
course
SOPA63 20141
year
type
M2 - Bachelor Degree
subject
keywords
Social services, Adoption, Adoption investigation, Adoptive parents
language
Swedish
additional info
Examiner: Hans-Edvard Roos
id
4459759
date added to LUP
2014-06-09 09:22:10
date last changed
2014-06-09 09:22:10
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  abstract     = {{Author: Jessica Gedda and Felicia Sörensen
Title: It was worth it, we got a child in the end – Adoptive parents’ experience of being under investigation for adoption [translated title]
Supervisor: Anna Angelin
Assessor: Hans-Edvard Roos

The aim of this study was to examine how adoptive parents’ experience to be under investigation for adoption at the social services. Furthermore the ambition was to find out whether the adoption investigation was seen as an intrusive and unpleasant experience or as a natural part of becoming an adoptive parent. To best achieve the purpose of our essay we chose to use a qualitative approach and within that area we decided that the best option for the aim of our study was semi-structured interviews. The report is based on six interviews with adoptive parents who all live together, and have adopted together, with a heterosexual partner. They have all passed and finished the adoption investigation and are since 2-11 years back parents to an adoptive child. Our analysis is made on the basis of Erving Goffmans’ dramaturgical theory and Albert Hirschmans’ theory about exit and voice. The most important result of the study is that all of the respondents agreed about the fact that the adoption investigation at times was hard but in the end were worth the time and the effort. The reason for these opinions is that the adoptive parents see the purpose of the adoption investigation as something obvious and it therefore cannot be questioned.}},
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  language     = {{swe}},
  note         = {{Student Paper}},
  title        = {{Det var värt det, vi fick ju ett barn till slut - Adoptivföräldrars upplevelse av att vara under utredning}},
  year         = {{2014}},
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