Adoption – factors influencing child and family
At a glance
- Project leader : Prof. Dr. Thomas Gabriel
- Co-project leader : Dr. Samuel Keller
- Project status : completed
- Funding partner : Third party
- Project partner : Amt für Jugend und Berufsberatung des Kantons Zürich
- Contact person : Thomas Gabriel
Description
The study on adoption procedures in the canton of Zurich is concerned with the protective and risk factors during the process of growing up. The individual influencing factors are not considered in isolation as they can reinforce or offset each other. As of now, little knowledge is available on this interactive dimension.
Initial Situation
When evaluating an application for adopting a child, the competent
authority bases its decision on various current factors concerning
the future well-being of the child. National and international
research literature offers a partially contradictory overview of
factors affecting the well-being and development of adoptive
children.
Objective
The goal of this research project is to provide the cantonal
Central Authority of Adoption with an empirically substantiated
data basis regarding the current situation as well as a
quantitative and qualitative analysis of the protective and
risk
factors in the adoption process. It is important that clearly
defined prognosis values and effective support measures be
researched under local conditions, taking into ac-count the
experiences of those involved in the canton of Zurich.
Methodology
The research project is divided into four modules: The first module
(questionnaires, quantitative, n=119) lasted from February 2009 to
February 2010, the second module (interviews, qualitative, n=23)
from Feb-ruary 2010 to February 2011. The third module is a second
quantitative inquiry that serves as a basis for a data pool in 2014
and the fourth module is a second qualitative inquiry in
2015.
Publications
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Gabriel, Thomas; Keller, Samuel,
2020.
Soziale Elternschaft und soziale Zugehörigkeit : Reflexionen der Zürcher Adoptionsstudie.
Zeitschrift für Erziehungswissenschaft.
2020(23), pp. 295-322.
Available from: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11618-020-00937-x
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Gabriel, Thomas; Keller, Samuel,
2018.
In:
Fachtagung «Leben in Adoptiv- und Pflegefamilien - Normalitäten und Krisen», Zürich, 15.-16. November 2018.
PACH Pflege- und Adoptivkinder Schweiz.
Available from: https://pa-ch.ch/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/Referat_Thomas-Gabriel-und-Thomas-Keller.pdf
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Keller, Samuel; Gabriel, Thomas,
2018.
Der Fall Fabio : aus Adoptionsverläufen lernen.
Sozial : Magazin der ZHAW Soziale Arbeit.
(9), pp. 2-3.
Available from: https://doi.org/10.21256/zhaw-5502
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2018.
Schwierigkeiten in Pflege- und Adoptivfamilien : wann ist es eine Krise?.
Netz.
2018(3), pp. 20-23.
Available from: https://doi.org/10.21256/zhaw-5043
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Keller, Samuel; Gabriel, Thomas,
2013.
Adoptive parents and adoptees in the first years : findings of the Zurich adoption study.
In:
ICAR 4: 4th International Conference on Adoption Research, Bilbao, Spain, 7-11 July 2013.