TY - JOUR

T1 - Life Stories of International Romanian Adoptees

T2 - A Narrative Study

AU - Mckail, Rachel

AU - Hodge, Suzanne Margaret

AU - Daiches, Anna

AU - Misca, Gabriela

N1 - This is an Accepted Manuscript of an article published by Taylor & Francis in Adoption Quarterly on 30/06/2017 available online: http://www.tandfonline.com/10.1080/10926755.2017.1349700

PY - 2017/12

Y1 - 2017/12

N2 - This study sought to explore the life stories of Romanian adoptees who were internationally adopted following the fall of communism in 1989. Ten participants were recruited via social media and took part in a life stories interview. Data were analysed using narrative analysis, which led to the development of four life chapters centred around identity construction: Chapter 1: Setting the scene – The adoption story; Chapter 2: Constructing the self; Chapter 3: Who am I? Quest for self-discovery; and Chapter 4: Negotiating the selves. Clinical implications, research limitations and suggestions for future research are discussed.

AB - This study sought to explore the life stories of Romanian adoptees who were internationally adopted following the fall of communism in 1989. Ten participants were recruited via social media and took part in a life stories interview. Data were analysed using narrative analysis, which led to the development of four life chapters centred around identity construction: Chapter 1: Setting the scene – The adoption story; Chapter 2: Constructing the self; Chapter 3: Who am I? Quest for self-discovery; and Chapter 4: Negotiating the selves. Clinical implications, research limitations and suggestions for future research are discussed.

KW - International adoption

KW - Romania

KW - qualitative

KW - narrative analysis

KW - identity

U2 - 10.1080/10926755.2017.1349700

DO - 10.1080/10926755.2017.1349700

M3 - Journal article

VL - 20

SP - 309

EP - 328

JO - Adoption Quarterly

JF - Adoption Quarterly

SN - 1544-452X

IS - 4

ER -