Soočanje s posvojitvijo pri odraslih posvojenih osebah : magistrsko delo

Weis, Hana (author), Fekonja, Urška (mentor)

V magistrskem delu sem preučevala različne vidike posvojitve pri posvojenih osebah. Osredotočila sem se na značilnosti seznanitve in pogovora o posvojitvi v družinah posvojenih oseb. Zanimalo me je, katera vprašanja in kdaj se najpogosteje pojavijo pri posvojenih osebah ter kakšne so njihove izkušnje z odzivi drugih ljudi. Preučila pa sem tudi, če obstajajo razlike v zaznani komunikacijski odprtosti v družini glede na starost posvojenih oseb ob seznanitvi. V raziskavo so bile vključene odrasle posvojene osebe. Podatki so bili zbrani s pomočjo polstrukturiranega pogovora, demografskega vprašalnika in lestvice. Starost, pri kateri so udeleženci izvedeli, da so posvojeni, je različna, vendar so bili vsi s posvojitvijo seznanjeni zgodaj. V večini primerov so seznanitev izvedli posvojitelji. Odnos posvojiteljev do pogovora o posvojitvi je bil različen. Veliko udeležencev je povedalo, da so bili posvojitelji pripravljeni odgovarjati na njihova vprašanja. Pogostost pojavljanja posameznega vprašanja iz nabora vprašanj je bila različna. Najpogosteje se je pojavilo vprašanje o tem, ali bi bilo lahko njihovo življenje drugačno. Udeleženci so navedli tudi druge primere vprašanj. Tudi časovno pojavljanje vprašanj je različno, nekako pa je najbolj povezano z razvojnimi obdobji srednjega in poznega otroštva ter mladostništva. Udeleženci so pogosteje poročali o pozitivnih kot negativnih odzivih, ki so jih bili deležni od drugih ljudi, ko so z njimi delili, da so posvojeni. Ugotovila sem, da med udeleženci ni razlik pri zaznavanju komunikacijske odprtosti v družini glede na njihovo starost ob seznanitvi. Pomemben prispevek magistrskega dela so tudi oblikovana priporočila za pogovor o posvojitvi.

• Language: Slovenian
• Keywords: posvojene osebe, posvojitelji, spoprijemanje, komunikacija
• Work type: Master's thesis/paper
• Typology: 2.09 - Master's Thesis
• Organization: FF - Faculty of Arts
• Place of publishing: Ljubljana
• Publisher: [H. Weis]
• Year: 2021
• Number of pages: 65 str.
• PID: 20.500.12556/RUL-128337
• UDC: 159.9:364-782.44(043.2)
• COBISS.SI-ID: 74305795
• Publication date in RUL: 09.07.2021

Secondary language

• Language: English
• Title: Coping with adoption in adult adoptees

Abstract

In my master's thesis, I studied various aspects of adoption in adoptees. I focused on the characteristics of adoption disclosure and conversation about adoption in the families of adoptees. I was interested in what questions and when they most often arise in adoptees and what are their experiences with other people’s responses. I also examined if there are differences in the perceived communication openness in the family according to the age of the adoptees at disclosure. Adult adoptees were included in the study. Data were collected using a semi-structured interview, a demographic questionnaire, and a scale. The age at which participants learned they were adopted varies, but all were informed of the adoption early. In most cases, the disclosure was made by adoptive parents. The attitude of the adoptive parents towards the conversation about adoption was different. Many participants said that adoptive parents were willing to answer their questions. The frequency of occurrence of each question from the set of questions varied. The most common was the question of whether their lives could be different. Participants also cited other examples of questions. The timing of the questions also varies but is somehow most related to the developmental stages of middle and late childhood and adolescence. Participants more often reported about positive than negative responses they received from other people when they shared with them that they are adopted. I found that there are no differences between participants in the perception of communication openness in the family according to their age at the time of the disclosure. An important contribution of the master’s thesis is also formulated recommendations for the discussion about adoption.

• Keywords: adoptees, adoptive parents, coping behavior, communication