Adoption Breakdown: Concept, Research, and Implications

By J. Palacios, N. Rolock, J. Selwyn, Maria Barbosa‐Ducharne. Research on social work practice, 2018

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Purpose: A rich and heterogeneous body of knowledge about adoption breakdown has accumulated in recent years. The goal of this article is to review the existing research literature on the topic. Method: A comprehensive review of journal articles, book chapters, and technical reports addressing the issue of adoption breakdown was conducted. Results: Terminological and methodological difficulties are discussed before the main findings about the incidence of adoption breakdown are presented. A detailed examination of the child, parent, and support and service characteristics associated with the breakdown experience follows. The review ends with the analysis of some policy and practice implications, as well as with suggestions about how to increase and improve the study of adoption breakdown. Discussion: Although research into adoption breakdown has achieved a considerable progress in recent years, improvements are still needed in both the basic research and the applied implications domains.

Subfields: Clinical Psychology, Safety Research

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In Clinical Psychology

1. J. Palacios
2. D. Brodzinsky
3. M. Tarren‐Sweeney

In Safety Research

1. D. Brodzinsky
2. J. Palacios
3. M. Tarren‐Sweeney
4. M. Lamb

Citations in the corpus

• Adoption in the service of child protection: An international interdisciplinary perspective. (2019, background): “2% for finalized placements, Smith, 2014), and lower for intercountry than for domestic adoptions (Palacios et al., 2019).”