identify the psychological problems of adoptive families and offer solutions to adapt to them
Subject Areas : Psychology
NAFISEH HESHMATI MOLAIE
1
(Department of Psychology and Educational Sciences, Central Tehran Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran.)
Roya Koochakentezar
2
(Department of Psychology and Educational Sciences, Central Tehran Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran.)
Fatemeh Golshani
3
(Department of Psychology and Educational Sciences, Central Tehran Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran.)
Keywords: Psychology, Problems of adoptive families, Solutions to adapt,
Abstract :
Considering the prevalence of infertility and the increase in child adoption in Iran, and given the needs of children and adolescents for having appropriate families, this research intended to identify the psychological problems faced by Iranian families adopting children and offer solutions for them to adapt themselves to these problems as a step in enhancing the well-being of the adopted children and of the families adopting them. The descriptive method and the systematic grounded theory introduced by Strauss and Corbin were used in this study. In the first step, interviews were held in 2022 with 13 adoptive families to identify their problems. In the second step, interviews were held with experts.They offered their proposed solutions for the adaptation. The research was done by observing ethical principles and validation, using MAXQDA2020. Four concepts were extracted in the problem identification step: the legal-psychological problems, and the problems related to the growth of the child in an environment of social harms, to attitude and worldview, and to resilience of the adoptive couple. From the second step, solutions were extracted: explanation of the what and how and why related to adoption in Iran, implementation solutions for solving the problems, intervention solutions for enhancing family resilience, and solutions for changing attitudes. It was found that the problems related to attitude and worldview constituted the causal conditions of other problems. In conclusion, the final model was presented. Enriching knowledge, improving attitudes, increasing parents' resilience, removing implementation obstacles, should be prioritized.
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