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open adoption: a standalone construct

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Family science

the degree of contact and information sharing between adoptive families and birth parents after an adoption.

In family science, open adoption refers to the degree of contact and information sharing between adoptive families and birth parents after an adoption. This meaning comes from Grotevant (1994) in Family Process.[1]

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References

Grotevant, H. D., McROY, R. G., Elde, C. L., & Fravel, D. L. (1994). Adoptive Family System Dynamics: Variations by Level of Openness in the Adoption. Family Process, 33(2), 125-146. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1545-5300.1994.00125.x

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