Adoptive Families: Identity and Difference

The present paper discusses the specificities of the adoptive parenthood, while pointing out remarkable differences on the constitution of adoptive parents' identity, & when defining important elements for a preventive assistance. In the adoption process, the child is placed into a new fami...

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Published in:Psicologia em estudo 2006-05, Vol.11 (2), p.285-293
Main Authors: Schettini, Suzana Sofia Moeller, Amazonas, Maria Cristina Lopes de Almeida, Dias, Cristina Maria de Souza Brito
Format: Article
Language:Portuguese
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Adoption
Adoptive Parents
Identity
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Summary:The present paper discusses the specificities of the adoptive parenthood, while pointing out remarkable differences on the constitution of adoptive parents' identity, & when defining important elements for a preventive assistance. In the adoption process, the child is placed into a new family in a way, which is very different from a natural birth, that is, with a pre-adoptive life story & two couples of parents. When the adoptive parenthood is established, from the impossibility of generating a biological child, mourning & losses are brought to the scenery and, thus, need to be elaborated. Conscious factors (the sterility, the demands from society, the pre-adoptive life story, the biological parents, the prejudices) & unconscious factors (fears, desires, fantasies, each consort's demands) need to be considered & worked out. It is essential that candidates to parents can understand their own psychological dynamics, in order to be in condition of establishing the parameters for achieving a healthful relationship with their new child in the future. References. Adapted from the source document.
ISSN:1413-7372