Placing an Infant for Adoption: The Experiences of Young Birthmothers

This article describes the experiences of 215 young birthmothers who placed their infants for adoption through 30 maternity residences and agencies in 13 states. The prebirth services they received, their immediate postbirth experiences, and several characteristics of their adoption arrangements are...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Social work (New York) 1993-05, Vol.38 (3), p.264-272
Hauptverfasser:	Cushman, Linda F., Kalmuss, Debra, Namerow, Pearila B.
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Adaptation, Psychological Adolescent Adolescents Adopted Children Adoption Adoption - psychology Adoption agencies Adoptive parents Babies Early Parenthood Evaluation Experience Female Follow-Up Studies Grief Health Services High school graduates Humans Illegitimacy - psychology Infant, Newborn Infants Longitudinal Studies Maternity homes Mother-Child Relations Mothers Neonates Open adoption Parenting - psychology Pregnancy Pregnancy in Adolescence - psychology Psychosocial Factors Services Social case work Social research Social work Social work with teenagers Teenage mothers Teenagers United States Young Adults Youth
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Zusammenfassung:	This article describes the experiences of 215 young birthmothers who placed their infants for adoption through 30 maternity residences and agencies in 13 states. The prebirth services they received, their immediate postbirth experiences, and several characteristics of their adoption arrangements are described. A bivariate analysis revealed that several service-procedural variables are related to social-psychological outcomes for the birthmothers at six months after the birth. Policy implications are presented.
ISSN:	0037-8046 1545-6846 1545-6846
DOI:	10.1093/sw/38.3.264