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- Title
Two-Cohort study on adoptive status non-disclosure in Lesotho: Implications for social work practice with African families.
- Authors
Thabane, Sophia
- Abstract
This article reports parts of the findings of a qualitative two-cohort study conducted with the over arching objective of understanding families’ experiences of adoption disclosure or non-disclosure in a society where adoption was an emerging practice. In-depth interviews were conducted with adoptive parents recruited through snowballing in two towns of Lesothoin 2014 and in 2019.Cohort One families made a pre-adoption resolution to not disclose adoptive status to adoptees while Cohort Two families were undecided about status disclosure. In Cohort One, bringing up adopted and biological children within one family was associated with the resolution to not disclose adoptive status to adoptees. In both cohorts, the study found insensitive and inaccurate comments as well as actions relating to adoption and adoptees, respectively. The foregoing was regarded as posing a risk of harmful adoptive status discovery by adoptees. Discussed from a Psychosocial Development Theory perspective, the findings underscore the necessity for adoptive status disclosure, more so in countries where adoption is an emerging practice. The conclusions drawn are relevant for African families resident within and outside Africa.
- Subjects
LESOTHO; AFRICA; ADOPTIVE parents; SOCIAL impact; SOCIAL services; PSYCHOSOCIAL development theory; NONDISCLOSURE; FAMILIES
- Publication
African Journal of Sociological & Psychological Studies (AJOSAPS), 2023, Vol 3, Issue 1, p89
- ISSN
2752-6577
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.31920/2752-6585/2023/v3n1a5