Peer reviewedERIC Number: EJ309706
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 1984
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Adoptive Parents' Attitudes Toward Open Birth Records.
Geissinger, Shirley
Family Relations, v33 n4 p579-85 Oct 1984
Investigated adoptive parents' (N=42) attitudes toward the open birth record issues using a mail survey. Analysis indicated that parental fear was the most important variable. Most supported a measure allowing adult adoptees access to birth records, provided such access was agreeable to birth and adoptive parents. (JAC)
Descriptors: Adoption, Confidential Records, Disclosure, Parent Attitudes, Parent Child Relationship
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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