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CompletedNCT03646838

Family Experiences After International Adoption

Status
Completed
Phase
Study type
Observational
Enrollment
991 (actual)
Sponsor
Centre Hospitalier St Anne · Academic / Other
Sex
All
Age
11 Years
Healthy volunteers
Accepted

Summary

The purpose of this study is to determine the types of experiences faced by families in France who have adopted a child internationally. In addition, internationally adopted adolescents are invited to respond to questions about their own personal experiences.

Detailed description

Microaggressions, or "unintended discrimination" related to adoption have been widely investigated in the USA. These microaggressions may relate to both adoptive status and country of origin, or both. However, the prevalence and qualitative characteristics of these events have been seldom studied in other countries. Differences in cultural norms and practices among countries might influence the type and frequency of microaggressions experienced by adopted children and their families. Brief anonymous questionnaires devised to elicit personal experiences related to microaggressions will be distributed by 4 clinical services serving this population (3 pediatric, 1 child psychiatric) and by 2 large adoptive family support networks to adoptive parents in France. Frequencies and relations between experience of micro-aggressions and other variables will be analyzed.

Conditions

Timeline

Start date
2017-10-09
Primary completion
2018-06-06
Completion
2018-06-06
First posted
2018-08-24
Last updated
2024-07-11

Locations

4 sites across 1 country: France

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov record NCT03646838. Inclusion in this directory is not an endorsement.