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Thesis/Dissertation Information
- Degree Disciplines:
- Communication
Notes
- Abstract:
- This qualitative study explored married couple’s expectations and perceptions of their adoption agency’s social support. Primarily, adoption has been researched in the fields of social work and gender roles. Thus, this study offered a new perspective through the field of communication with the use of expectancy violation theory. Specifically, the researcher wanted to know the adoptive parents’ expectations of the adoption agency’s social support during the proadaptive phase; and how those expectations influenced the adoptive parents’ perceptions of the adoption agency during the proadaptive phase. To address these issues, in-depth, semi-structured interviews were conducted with six couples who adopted a child within the past five years. The interviews were conducted through Skype, a free internet video software. Five identified themes gave insight to the couple’s proadaptive experiences with their adoption agency: use of referrals, preferred characteristics of agency, education provided by agency, trust building, and agency communication. These findings have practical implications for adoption agencies so they can understand clients’ expectations, evaluate their current practices, and/or modify clients’ social support.
- Thesis:
- Thesis (M.A.)--Barry University.
- Bibliography:
- Includes bibliographical references (leaves 53-59).
Record Information
- Source Institution:
- Barry University
- Holding Location:
- Barry University Archives and Special Collections
- Rights Management:
- Copyright Betsy Thomas. Permission granted to Barry University to digitize, archive and distribute this item for non-profit research and educational purposes. Any reuse of this item in excess of fair use or other copyright exemptions requires permission of the copyright holder.
- Resource Identifier:
- HV875.55.T46 2012_ThomasBetsy ( BU-Local )
- Classification:
- HV875.55.T46 2012 ( lcc )
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