Displacement, Identity and Belonging for Ibyangin: The Personal Journey of Transracial Korean-Born Adoptees

The present study examined the lived experience (erlebnis) of adult transracial, Korean-born adoptees (Ibyangin; Yngvesson & Coutin, 2006) raised in the United States by White families. Long interviews (McCracken, 1988) were conducted with fourteen young adult (age 26-30) Korean-born adoptees in...

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Published in:Qualitative report 2016-02, Vol.21 (2), p.228
Main Authors: Reynolds, Jason, Ponterotto, Joseph, Lecker, Christina
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Acculturation
Adopted children
Adoption
Asian Americans
Children, Adopted
Citizenship
Diaspora
Displacement (Psychology)
Economic Factors
Families & family life
Family (Sociological Unit)
Geopolitics
Identity
Immigration
Intercountry adoption
Korean Americans
Koreans
Noncitizens
Orphans
Parents
Parents & parenting
Psychological aspects
Psychological research
Qualitative Research
Race
Racial Identification
Researchers
Self Actualization
Social aspects
Socialization
Studies
Transracial adoption
War
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Summary:The present study examined the lived experience (erlebnis) of adult transracial, Korean-born adoptees (Ibyangin; Yngvesson & Coutin, 2006) raised in the United States by White families. Long interviews (McCracken, 1988) were conducted with fourteen young adult (age 26-30) Korean-born adoptees in-person or by phone. The study was anchored in the constructivist-interpretivist research paradigm (Ponterotto, 2005) and utilized the phenomenological inquiry model (Moustakas, 1994) to explore the essence of the international transracial adoption experience. Two major clusters of meaning with additional subthemes were related to a) identity development, and b) decision to return to Korea. Limitations of the study are reviewed, implications for follow-up research are presented, and clinical applications are addressed.
ISSN:1052-0147
2160-3715
DOI:10.46743/2160-3715/2016.2197