1. Parents and Their Adopted Chinese Children: Adoption and Racial Microaggressions in Diverse Communities.
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Baden, Amanda L., Zhang, Xian, Matthews, Jessica A. K, White, Ebony E., Harrington, Elliotte S., Kitchen, Andrew, Mazza, Jonathan, and Pinderhughes, Ellen E.
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RACISM ,RACE ,CULTURAL pluralism ,COMMUNITIES ,QUANTITATIVE research ,ATTITUDES toward adoption ,QUALITATIVE research ,COMPARATIVE studies ,INTERRACIAL adoption ,ADOPTED children ,DISEASE prevalence ,DESCRIPTIVE statistics ,RESEARCH funding ,MICROAGGRESSIONS ,PSYCHOLOGY of adoptive parents ,PARENTS - Abstract
In this study using both qualitative and quantitative analysis, we coded the types and community prevalence of racial microaggressions (RMAs) and adoption microaggressions (AMAs) experienced and reported by White adoptive families with children adopted from China. Analyses examined differences in microaggressions reported by transracial adoptive families living in communities varying in racial-ethnic diversity. All families experienced RMAs and/or AMAs. Community diversity was only related to the number of RMAs experienced, and specific microaggressions were significantly related to diversity level. Parents' interpretation of microaggressions differed based on diversity level. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2023
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