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Book Synopsis How Lived Experiences Affect Ethnic Identity Development for Transracial Korean American Adoptees by : Joy L. S. Hoffman
Download or read book How Lived Experiences Affect Ethnic Identity Development for Transracial Korean American Adoptees written by Joy L. S. Hoffman and published by . This book was released on 2011 with total page 428 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The purpose of this grounded theory study was to explore how lived experiences affect ethnic identity development of transracial Korean American adoptees raised by white parents with the intent of informing higher education practice. Participants included 12 recently college-graduated transracial Korean American adoptees who were raised in the Midwest, rural south, and on the west coast. An explanatory model that surfaced from data collection is presented, demonstrating the complexity of transracial Korean adoptee identity. Exploring identity emerged as the central phenomenon of the model, which included personal examination of adoptee identity, ethnic self-discovery, and whiteness. Four themes interacted with the central phenomenon, illustrating life experiences that promote on hinder ethnic identity development: (a) environmental context; (b) systems of support; (c) missing pieces; and (d) healing.
Book Synopsis Ecological Influences on Ethnic Identity Development of Female Korean-born Transracial Adoptees by : Katie L. Bozek
Download or read book Ecological Influences on Ethnic Identity Development of Female Korean-born Transracial Adoptees written by Katie L. Bozek and published by . This book was released on 2009 with total page 354 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Adoptees' Ethnic Identity Within Family and Social Contexts by : Ellen E. Pinderhughes
Download or read book Adoptees' Ethnic Identity Within Family and Social Contexts written by Ellen E. Pinderhughes and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2015-12-30 with total page 120 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This special issue addresses the construction of ethnic identity among international transracial adoptees, which typically involve the placement of Black, Asian, Hispanic, or Multiracial children with White parents. International transracial adoptees, similar to immigrants, navigate a cultural and ethnic context other than their birth culture. However, they are unique in that they navigate these experiences within families who don’t share their cultural, ethnic, and racial background. Critical questions emerge about the construction and development of their ethnic identity. These questions include the role that transracial adoptive parents play in providing cultural socialization (exposure to children’s birth culture); the impact of culture camps designed to provide cultural socialization in the context of peers; the intersection of adoptive identity and ethnic identity and youth adjustment; whether relations between ethnic identity and adjustment are linear or curvilinear; the role of bicultural identity integration as a link between ethnic identity and pscyhosocial adjustment; and ethnic identity processes among internationally transracially adopted young adults who mentor younger adoptees from similar cultures. These questions are addressed in this special issue in a collection of studies that examine ethnic identity among diverse international transracial adoptees, at different ages, adopted into two countries and using differing sample sizes and methodologies. International transracial adoptive families represent a microcosm of the growing international, transracial, and transethnic social transactions taking place in this diverse world. The collective findings in this special issue about the multidimensionality of ethnic identity and its intersectionality with other identities across developmental eras not only enhance knowledge about identity development among international transracial adoptees, but also expand understanding about identity development in general. This is the 150th volume in this Jossey-Bass series New Directions for Child and Adolescent Development. Its mission is to provide scientific and scholarly presentations on cutting edge issues and concepts in this subject area. Each volume focuses on a specific new direction or research topic and is edited by experts from that field.
Book Synopsis Choosing Ethnicity, Negotiating Race by : Mia Tuan
Download or read book Choosing Ethnicity, Negotiating Race written by Mia Tuan and published by Russell Sage Foundation. This book was released on 2011-01-13 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Transnational adoption was once a rarity in the United States, but Americans have been choosing to adopt children from abroad with increasing frequency since the mid-twentieth century. Korean adoptees make up the largest share of international adoptions—25 percent of all children adopted from outside the United States—but they remain understudied among Asian American groups. What kind of identities do adoptees develop as members of American families and in a cultural climate that often views them as foreigners? Choosing Ethnicity, Negotiating Race is the only study of this unique population to collect in-depth interviews with a multigenerational, random sample of adult Korean adoptees. The book examines how Korean adoptees form their social identities and compares them to native-born Asian Americans who are not adopted. How do American stereotypes influence the ways Korean adoptees identify themselves? Does the need to explore a Korean cultural identity—or the absence of this need—shift according to life stage or circumstance? In Choosing Ethnicity, Negotiating Race, sixty-one adult Korean adoptees—representing different genders, social classes, and communities—reflect on early childhood, young adulthood, their current lives, and how they experience others' perceptions of them. The authors find that most adoptees do not identify themselves strongly in ethnic terms, although they will at times identify as Korean or Asian American in order to deflect questions from outsiders about their cultural backgrounds. Indeed, Korean adoptees are far less likely than their non-adopted Asian American peers to explore their ethnic backgrounds by joining ethnic organizations or social networks. Adoptees who do not explore their ethnic identity early in life are less likely ever to do so—citing such causes as general aversion, lack of opportunity, or the personal insignificance of race, ethnicity, and adoption in their lives. Nonetheless, the choice of many adoptees not to identify as Korean or Asian American does not diminish the salience of racial stereotypes in their lives. Korean adoptees must continually navigate society's assumptions about Asian Americans regardless of whether they chose to identify ethnically. Choosing Ethnicity, Negotiating Race is a crucial examination of this little-studied American population and will make informative reading for adoptive families, adoption agencies, and policymakers. The authors demonstrate that while race is a social construct, its influence on daily life is real. This book provides an insightful analysis of how potent this influence can be—for transnational adoptees and all Americans.
Book Synopsis The Dance of Identities by : John D. Palmer
Download or read book The Dance of Identities written by John D. Palmer and published by University of Hawaii Press. This book was released on 2010-10-04 with total page 217 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Korean adoptees have a difficult time relating to any of the racial identity models because they are people of color who often grew up in white homes and communities. Biracial and nonadopted people of color typically have at least one parent whom they can racially identify with, which may also allow them access to certain racialized groups. When Korean adoptees attempt to immerse into the Korean community, they feel uncomfortable and unwelcome because they are unfamiliar with Korean customs and language. The Dance of Identities looks at how Korean adoptees "dance," or engage, with their various identities (white, Korean, Korean adoptee, and those in between and beyond) and begin the journey toward self-discovery and empowerment. Throughout the author draws closely on his own experiences and those of thirty-eight other Korean adoptees, mainly from the U.S. Chapters are organized according to major themes that emerged from interviews with adoptees. "Wanting to be like White" examines assimilation into a White middle-class identity during childhood. Although their White identity may be challenged at times, for the most part adoptees feel accepted as "honorary" Whites among their families and friends. "Opening Pandora’s Box" discusses the shattering of adoptees’ early views on race and racism and the problems of being raised colorblind in a race-conscious society. "Engaging and Reflecting" is filled with adoptee voices as they discover their racial and transracial identities as young adults. During this stage many engage in activities that they believe make more culturally Korean, such as joining Korean churches and Korean student associations in college. "Questioning What I Have Done" delves into the issues that arise when Korean adoptees explore their multiple identities and the possible effects on relationships with parents and spouses. In "Empowering Identities" the author explores how adoptees are able to take control of their racial and transracial identities by reaching out to parents, prospective parents, and adoption agencies and by educating Korean and Korean Americans about their lives. The final chapter, "Linking the Dance of Identities Theory to Life Experiences," reiterates for adoptees, parents, adoption agencies, and social justice activists and educators the need for identity journeys and the empowered identities that can result. The Dance of Identities is an honest look at the complex nature of race and how we can begin to address race and racism from a fresh perspective. It will be well received by not only members of the Korean adoption community and transracial parents, but also Asian American scholars, educators, and social workers.
Book Synopsis The Psychological Resilience of Transracial Korean American Adoptees by : Diane Sookyoung Lee
Download or read book The Psychological Resilience of Transracial Korean American Adoptees written by Diane Sookyoung Lee and published by . This book was released on 2014 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With approximately half a million children being adopted internationally, the U.S. is currently the top receiving country for international adoptions (U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, 2011). The historical and continued role that the U.S. has played in providing homes for thousands of parentless children has established the importance of research scholarship that examines the effects of transracial adoption on child outcomes. In particular, there is a scarcity of research that investigates the psychological well-being of transracial adoptees and how specific family practices might better support them. In this study, I use a resilience framework to examine the psychological resilience of transracially adopted youths, or their ability to display a pattern of positive psychological adaptation in the context of adversity or risk (Masten & Obradovic, 2006). The proposed study used a mixed methods approach to examine the family practices that are fundamental for fostering resilience among orphaned-adopted youths. Participants were N=34 transracially adopted Korean American youths (TAKAs) living with White American parents in the U.S.; most were adopted into families within a few months of age. Korean heritage students living with their biological parents with differing degrees of acculturation to American culture--50 Korean Americans (KAs) and 50 South Koreans (SKs)--served as control groups. These comparisons enabled a better and more nuanced understanding of the uniqueness of the transracial adoptee experience and captured the distinctive narratives that characterized each group's experience. In accordance with the resilience framework, three different components were analyzed--their adversity (stress and life change), their protective factors (family practices), and their developmental outcome (psychological well-being). In navigating life challenges, all 3 groups felt that current issues related to their school academics/peers and future education/job were their greatest concerns, especially for SKs who had the highest levels of stress. But TAKAs and SKs experienced significantly more and higher levels of life change than KAs, with 1 to 2 more life events on average during the past year. The influence of family protective factors (i.e., cohesion, expressiveness, conflict, organization, and control) were examined though mediation analysis. Findings indicated that for TAKAs, family conflict fully mediated the relationship between stress perceptions and flourishing. Similarly, family cohesion partially mediated the relationship between stress perceptions and basic needs satisfaction. Both a sense of family support and togetherness and a family's open expression of anger and conflict, in other words, were critical to understanding how Korean heritage students thrive in the face of adversity. Qualitative results from follow-up interviews suggested that one particular factor that may influence TAKAs' family cohesion and conflict is the issue of navigating ethnic identity development within the family context. Most adoptee informants grew up in predominantly White neighborhoods and did not take ownership over their identity exploration until later in life after their first, extended cultural exposure or when they enrolled in college and came into contact with other multi-ethnic peers. While only three out of nine interviewees indicated that their parents were not huge cultural agents, six believed that either parents actively supported their cultural experiences or that adoptee camps played a significant role in their cultural learning. Still, some adoptees indicated the strong potential that their struggles with their ethnic identity development had to either divide or unite their relationship with their parents. In both the best and worst experiences with parents' cultural socialization, informants described various relational challenges they had to overcome. These included coping with resentment against their parents for not providing sufficient cultural support and their parents not being able to empathize with their feelings of cultural and/or social marginalization, for example. Cultural identity conflict was perceived as a prominent issue that transracial adoptees had to navigate all their lives, and was likened by one interviewee to the process of trying to put together a 1,000 piece puzzle with only 900 pieces. Furthermore, KA and SK interviewees found that their parents often played gendered roles within the family. Some informants felt that while their mothers were more involved with family life, fathers were not a strong presence in their lives, and sometimes were even negative. While half of the KAs referenced "tiger parenting, " contrary to popular stereotypes, none believe that it was a comprehensive picture of their parents' rearing styles. Some SK participants, however, expressed their desires for their parents to support them simply by listening to and trying to understand them. Finally, quantitative results on the TAKAs' psychological well-being demonstrate that they are resilient and have significantly higher levels of flourishing and competence basic needs satisfaction. TAKAs' psychological resilience suggest the importance of protective factors within the family in fostering their flourishing. No significant differences, however, were found in their levels of relational harmony, nor their relational basic needs satisfaction. Study findings have important implications for various stakeholders who seek to cultivate a healthy living environment for society's children in multicultural contexts (i.e., foster children and orphans). In addition to providing a positive family model that fosters psychological resilience, findings implicate the importance of considering family practices like family cohesion and conflict in preparing the large number of White parents who are adopting Asian and other transracial children. Furthermore, results re-establish the importance of parents in their children's ethnic identity development beginning from their early years during their childhood all the way through their later years in adolescence.
Book Synopsis Invisible Asians by : Kim Park Nelson
Download or read book Invisible Asians written by Kim Park Nelson and published by Rutgers University Press. This book was released on 2016-03-18 with total page 275 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The first Korean adoptees were powerful symbols of American superiority in the Cold War; as Korean adoption continued, adoptees' visibility as Asians faded as they became a geopolitical success story—all-American children in loving white families. In Invisible Asians, Kim Park Nelson analyzes the processes by which Korean American adoptees’ have been rendered racially invisible, and how that invisibility facilitates their treatment as exceptional subjects within the context of American race relations and in government policies. Invisible Asians draws on the life stories of more than sixty adult Korean adoptees in three locations: Minnesota, home to the largest concentration of Korean adoptees in the United States; the Pacific Northwest, where many of the first Korean adoptees were raised; and Seoul, home to hundreds of adult adoptees who have returned to South Korea to live and work. Their experiences underpin a critical examination of research and policy making about transnational adoption from the 1950s to the present day. Park Nelson connects the invisibility of Korean adoptees to the ambiguous racial positioning of Asian Americans in American culture, and explores the implications of invisibility for Korean adoptees as they navigate race, culture, and nationality. Raised in white families, they are ideal racial subjects in support of the trope of “colorblindness” as a “cure for racism” in America, and continue to enjoy the most privileged legal status in terms of immigration and naturalization of any immigrant group, built on regulations created specifically to facilitate the transfer of foreign children to American families. Invisible Asians offers an engaging account that makes an important contribution to our understanding of race in America, and illuminates issues of power and identity in a globalized world.
Book Synopsis International Korean Adoption by : Kathleen Ja Sook Bergquist
Download or read book International Korean Adoption written by Kathleen Ja Sook Bergquist and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2013-02-01 with total page 436 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Discover the roots of international transracial adoption International Korean Adoption: A Fifty-Year History of Policy and Practice explores the long history of international transracial adoption. Scholars present the expert multidisciplinary perspectives and up-to-date research on this most significant and longstanding form of international child welfare practice. Viewpoints and research are discussed from the academic disciplines of psychology, ethnic studies, sociology, social work, and anthropology. The chapters examine sociohistorical background, the forming of new families, reflections on Korean adoption, birth country perspectives, global perspectives, implications for practice, and archival, historical, and current resources on Korean adoption. International Korean Adoption: A Fifty-Year History of Policy and Practice provides fresh insight into the origins, development, and institutionalization of Korean adoption. Through original research and personal accounts, this revealing text explores how Korean adoptees and their families fit into their family roles—and offers clear perspectives on adoption as child welfare practice. Global implications and politics, as well as the very personal experiences are examined in detail. This source is a one-of-a-kind look into the full spectrum of information pertaining to Korean adoption. Topics in International Korean Adoption: A Fifty-Year History of Policy and Practice include: adoption from the Korean perspective historical origins of Korean adoption in the United States adjustments of young adult adoptees marketing to choosy adopters ethnic identity perspectives on the importance of race and culture in parenting birth mothers’ perspectives sociological approach to race and identity representations of adoptees in Korean popular culture adoption in Australia and the Netherlands much, much more International Korean Adoption: A Fifty-Year History of Policy and Practice is illuminating reading for adoptees, adoptive parents, practitioners, educators, students, and any child welfare professional.
Book Synopsis "Families Adopt, Adoptees Adapt" a Look at Transracial Korean Adoptees' Identity Development by : Elizabeth Anne Kidd Nguyen
Download or read book "Families Adopt, Adoptees Adapt" a Look at Transracial Korean Adoptees' Identity Development written by Elizabeth Anne Kidd Nguyen and published by . This book was released on 2013 with total page 136 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Over 100,000 Korean adoptees have migrated to the United States since 1958, making them one of the largest adoption populations in the country. Using the concept of racialized ethnicity, I explored 1) what kinds of ethnic experiences influenced Korean transracial adoptees' ethnic identity and 2) whether and how the adoptees' ethnic identities were racialized. Based on data collected by semi-structured interviews, findings revealed that many Korean adoptees were raised and socialized in families that were predominately white, but were seen and treated as racial ("Asian") and ethnic ("Korean") minorities in American society. This disparity caused a variety of issues in terms of ethnic and racial identity development for the adoptee who often saw themselves as "white" or "American."
Book Synopsis A Study of the Experiences and Psychosocial Developmental Outcomes of African American Adult Transracial Adoptees by : M. Devon Brooks
Download or read book A Study of the Experiences and Psychosocial Developmental Outcomes of African American Adult Transracial Adoptees written by M. Devon Brooks and published by . This book was released on 2000 with total page 340 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Foster the Family by : Jamie C. Finn
Download or read book Foster the Family written by Jamie C. Finn and published by Baker Books. This book was released on 2022-02-15 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: There are great rewards that come along with being a foster parent, yet there are also great challenges that can leave you feeling depleted, alone, and discouraged. The many burdens of a foster parent's day--hurting children, struggling biological parents, and a broken system--are only compounded by the many burdens of a foster parent's heart--confusion, anxiety, heartache, anger, and fear. With the compassion and insight of a fellow foster parent, Jamie C. Finn helps you see your struggles through the lens of the gospel, bringing biblical truths to bear on your unique everyday realities. In these short, easy-to-read chapters, you'll find honest, personal stories and practical lessons that provide encouragement and direction from God's Word as you walk the journey of foster parenting.
Book Synopsis The Psychological Adjustment of Transracial Adoptees by : Amanda L. Baden
Download or read book The Psychological Adjustment of Transracial Adoptees written by Amanda L. Baden and published by . This book was released on 1999 with total page 504 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Korean Adoptees and Transnational Adoption by : Jessica Walton
Download or read book Korean Adoptees and Transnational Adoption written by Jessica Walton and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2019-03-28 with total page 346 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book investigates the experiences of South Koreans adopted into Western families and the complexity of what it means to "feel identity" beyond what is written in official adoption files. Korean Adoptees and Transnational Adoption is based on ethnographic fieldwork in South Korea and interviews with adult Korean adoptees from the United States, Australia, Canada, Switzerland and Sweden. It seeks to probe beneath the surface of what is "known" and examines identity as an embodied process of making that which is "unknown" into something that can be meaningfully grasped and felt. Furthermore, drawing on the author’s own experiences as a transnational, transracial Korean adoptee, this book analyses the racial and cultural negotiations of "whiteness" and "Korean-ness" in the lives of adoptees and the blurriness which results in-between. Highlighting the role of memory and the body in the formation of identities, this book will be useful to students and scholars of Korean Studies, Ethnicity Studies and Anthropology as well as Asian culture and society more generally.
Book Synopsis Racial and Ethnic Identity Development of Korean, International, Transracial Adoptees by : Paul Kim Wesolowski
Download or read book Racial and Ethnic Identity Development of Korean, International, Transracial Adoptees written by Paul Kim Wesolowski and published by . This book was released on 2003 with total page 168 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Adoption, Race, and Identity by : William Laufer
Download or read book Adoption, Race, and Identity written by William Laufer and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2017-09-04 with total page 244 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Adoption, Race, and Identity is a long-range study of the impact of interracial adoption on those adopted and their families. Initiated in 1972, it was continued in 1979, 1984, and 1991. Cumulatively, these four phases trace the subjects from early childhood into young adulthood. This is the only extended study of this controversial subject.Simon and Altstein provide a broad perspective of the impact of transracial adoption and include profiles of the families involved in the study. They explore and compare the experiences of both the parents and the children. They identify families whose adoption experiences were problematic and those whose experiences were positive. Finally, the study looks at the insights the experience of transracial adoption brought to the adoptive parents and what advice they would pass on to future parents adopting children from different racial backgrounds. They include the reflections of those adopted included in the 1972 first phase, who are now adults themselves.This second edition includes a new concluding chapter that updates the fourth and last phase of the study. The authors were able to locate 88 of the 96 families who participated in the 1984 study. Bringing together all four phases of this twenty-year study into one volume gives the reader a richer and deeper understanding of what the experience of transracial adoption has meant for the parents, the adoptees, and children born into the families studied. This landmark work, will be of compelling interest to social workers, policy makers, and professionals and families involved on all sides of interracial adoption.
Book Synopsis What Does It Mean to Be White? by : Robin DiAngelo
Download or read book What Does It Mean to Be White? written by Robin DiAngelo and published by Peter Lang Copyright AG - Ipsuk. This book was released on 2023-04-26 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What does it mean to be white in a society that proclaims race meaningless, yet is deeply divided by race? Robin DiAngelo reveals the factors that make this question so difficult: mis-education about racism; ideologies such as individualism and colorblindness; segregation; and the belief that to be complicit in racism is to be an immoral person.
Book Synopsis Inside Transracial Adoption by : Gail Steinberg
Download or read book Inside Transracial Adoption written by Gail Steinberg and published by Jessica Kingsley Publishers. This book was released on 2013-05-28 with total page 306 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Is transracial adoption a positive choice for kids? How can children gain their new families without losing their birth heritage? How can parents best support their children after placement? Inside Transracial Adoption is an authoritative guide to navigating the challenges and issues that parents face in the USA when they adopt a child of a different race and/or from a different culture. Filled with real-life examples and strategies for success, this book explores in depth the realities of raising a child transracially, whether in a multicultural or a predominantly white community. Readers will learn how to help children adopted transracially or transnationally build a strong sense of identity, so that they will feel at home both in their new family and in their racial group or culture of origin. This second edition incorporates the latest research on positive racial identity and multicultural families, and reflects recent developments and trends in adoption. Drawing on research, decades of experience as adoption professionals, and their own personal experience of adopting transracially, Beth Hall and Gail Steinberg offer insights for all transracial adoptive parents - from prospective first-time adopters to experienced veterans - and those who support them.
