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LAMAR CARTY
TRISHAUNA HARRIS
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Broad Topic:
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Narrowed Topic:
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Purpose: To inform the general public about the negative emotional, psychological,
Adoption.
The negative effects associated with adoption.
and physical trauma that both adoptees and birth parents suffers due to adoption.
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Audience:
The general public.
Thesis Statement
Three deleterious effects associated with adoption in today’s society are: Identity formation,
difficulty forming intimate Relationship and unresolved grief.
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Identity formation has been one of the major negative effect of adoption on
adoptee’s lives.
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Identity formation among adoptees begins with a general lack of awareness or lack of
conflict with one’s identity followed by a sensitizing experience in which one may
experience confusion, incongruence, and disequilibrium (Grotevant, 1997b).
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a.
Parental attitudes reinforced by feelings of inadequacy can influence a child’s negative
self-image (Blum, 1976).
b.
Feelings of grief and loss are typically associated with genealogical bewilderment as an
adoptee comes to terms with the losses of self that are directly linked to the loss of one’s
birth parents (Brodzinsky, Schechter, & Henig, 1992).
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Adoptees may encounter difficulties with forming intimate relationships due to
adoption which may leads to attachment issues.
a.
Attachment is a crucial developmental process with far-reaching repercussions; if there is
disruption in the attachment system, there is a potential impact on future close
relationships (Winward, 2005).
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Trauma due to initial separation from birth mother, or impaired ability to trust, along with fears of repeated
abandonment, and other experiences typical in relinquishment and adoption may impede the development of
healthy, secure, and intimate attachments (Foulstone, Feeney, & Passmore, 2005; Jones, 1997).
b.
Majority of researchers regard adoption as an ongoing life experience that places adoptees at risk for lifelong
psychosocial adjustment and attachment difficulties (Brodzinsky, Schecter, & Henig, 1992; Haenga-Collins
& Gibbs, 2015; Howe & Feast, 2000; Rosenberg & Groze, 1997).
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a.
b.
Birth mothers often suffers from unresolved grief due to the relinquishment of a child.
Grief is the one consistent outcome for birthmothers who place their child for adoption (Wiley & Baden, 2005).
The act of relinquishing a child is labelled as an actual loss rather than a socially constructed loss (Wiley & Baden,
2005).
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The act of surrendering a child for adoption is a traumatic experience with physical, emotional, and psychological
implications (Rosenberg and Groze, 1997).
Reference
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Jansen. R.A., (2014). Birthmothers Today: The Post Adoption Experience. Retrieved from Sophia, the St. Catherine
University repository website: https://sophia.stkate.edu/msw_papers/335
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https://sophia.stkate.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1336&context=msw_papers
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Heath. L, (2012). The effects of adoption on identity formation a qualitative analysis. HIM 1990-2015.1357.
https://stars.library.ucf.edu/honorstheses1990-2015/1357
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https://stars.library.ucf.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?referer=&httpsredir=1&article=2356&context=honorstheses1990-2015
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Field and Pond (n.d.). How adoption affects the experience of adult intimate relationships and
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Introduction
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I am adopted. I was not chosen; I was abandoned. At times I feel angry.
At times I feel sad. At times I feel blessed. At times I feel thankful. I am
adopted; And it is complicated. Written by the writer, I am adopted
highlights the emotional trauma that he/she suffers as an adopted
individual. Therefore, three deleterious effects associated with adoption in
today’s society are identity formation, difficulty forming intimate
relationship and unresolved grief.
Conclusion
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In summation, the process of adoption is a lifelong commitment in which
adoption -related issues may arise at any point in a parents’ or a child’s
lifetime. Thus, three deleterious effect associated with adoption in today’s
society are identity formation, difficulty forming intimate relationships and
unresolved grief. Additionally, these effects negatively affects both the
birthparents and adoptees psychological, emotional, and physical
capabilities.