A longitudinal study of black adoptions: Single parent, transracial, and traditional

Social Work (United States)

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 1986, Pages 172-176

  Shireman, Joan F ^a   Johnson, Penny R ^b  

^a PORTLAND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Chicago Child Care Society   (United States)

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EID: 84963099540     PISSN: 00378046     EISSN: 15456846     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/sw/31.3.172     Document Type: Article

References (31)

1. J. F. Shireman and P. R. Johnson, Adoption: Three Alternatives—A Comparative Study of Three Alternative Forms of Adoptive Placement, Phase 1 (Chicago: Chicago Child Care Society, 1975)
2. Shireman Johnson, “Single Persons as Adoptive Parents,” Social Service Review, 50 (March 1976), pp. 103-116
3. Shireman Johnson, Adoption: Three Alternatives—A Comparative Study of Three Alternative Forms of Adoptive Placement, Phase II (Chicago: Chicago Child Care Society, 1980). In addition, the authors have collected and are currently analyzing data about the children at age 12.
4. A. Kadushin, Child Welfare Services (New York; Macmillan Co., 1980), pp. 524-525.
5. J. Triseliotis, In Search of Origins (Boston: Beacon Press, 1973), p. 2.
6. Ibid., pp. 156-158.
7. A. Kadushin, "Children in Adoptive Homes,” in H. S. Maas, ed., Social Service Research: Reviews of Studies (Washington, D.C.: National Association of Social Workers, 1978), p. 51.
8. S. A. Dougherty, “Single Adoptive Mothers and Their Children,” Social Work, 23 (July 1978), pp. 311-314
9. W. Fei- gelman and A. R. Silverman, “Single Parent Adoptions,” Social Casework, 58 (July 1977), pp. 418-425.
10. S. Kadushin, “Children in Adoptive Homes,” p. 43.
11. W. Meezan, Adoption Services in the States (Washington, D.C.: U.S. Department of Health & Human Services, 1980), p. 6.
12. D. Fanshel, Far from the Reservation: The TYansracial Adoption of American Indian Children (Metuchen, N.J.: Scarecrow Press, 1972)
13. L. J. Grow and D. Shapiro, Black Children—White Parents: A Study of Transracial Adoption (New York: Child Welfare League of America, 1974)
14. J. A. Ladner, Mixed Families: Adopting Across Racial Boundaries (New York: Doubleday & Co., Anchor Press, 1977)
15. R. J. Simon and H. Altstein, Transracial Adoption (New York: John Wiley & Sons, 1977)
16. C. H. Zastrow, Outcome of Black Children-White Parents TYans- racial Adoptions (San Francisco: R & E Research Associates, 1977).
17. L. Chestang, “The Dilemma of Bi- racial Adoption,” Social Work, 17 (May 1972), pp. 100-105
18. A. Chimezie, “Transactional Adoption of Black Children,” Social Work, 20 (July 1975), pp. 296-301; and "Position Paper Developed from Workshops Concerning Transracial Adoption,” National Association of Black Social Workers’ Conference, Nashville, Tfenn., September 1972.
19. Shireman Johnson, Adoption: Three Alternatives, Phase II; and Simon and Altstein, Transracial Adoption.
20. R. G. McRoy et al., "Self-Esteem and Racial Identity in Transracial and Inracial Adoptees,” Social Work, 27 (November 1982), pp. 522-526.
21. Data were gathered from parents through telephone interviews when families had moved. Because there was no direct contact with the child in these cases, these data are not reported in this article. Telephone interviews were held with two single-parent families, 11 transracial families, and two traditional families; losses from the traditional group have been greatest mainly because of the parents’ wish either not to have their families “singled out” or not to disclose the facts of adoption to their children.
22. E. A. Doll, “Vineland Social Maturity Scale” (Circle Pines, Minn.: American Guidance Service, 1947); “Doll Family Puzzle,” reported in Simon and Altstein, Tfans- racial Adoption, pp. 155-158
23. “Picture Interview," reported in K. Morland Jr., and C. L. Hwang: “The Development of Racial Awareness in Chinese and Americans: A Cross-Cultural Study” (Washington, D. C.: United States- Republic of China Cooperative Science Program, National Science Foundation, 1976)
24. K. B. Clark and M. P. Clark, “Racial Identification and Preference in Negro Children,” in E. E. Maccoby, T. M. Newcomb, and E. Hartley, eds., Readings in Social Psychology (New York: Holt, Rinehart & Winston, 1958).
25. Kadushin, Child Welfare Services, pp. 524-525.
26. Chimezie, “Transracial Adoption of Black Children,” p. 298.
27. Clark and Clark, “Racial Identification and Preference in Negro Children.”
28. Shireman and Johnson, Adoption: Three Alternatives, Phase 2, pp. 34-41.
29. Simon and Altstein, 7Yansracial Adoption, pp. 133-162.
30. The "Picture Interview,” reported in Morland and Hwang, “The Development of Racial Awareness in Chinese and Americans” the “Doll Family Puzzle,” reported in Simon and Altstein, Transracial Adoption; and ratings made from the interviews with the children were also used to assess racial identity and preference.
31. Shireman Johnson, Adoption: Three Alternatives, Phase 2, p. 62.