Indiscriminate Friendliness in Children Adopted from China to the United States: A Mixed Methods Study

Autor/inn/en	Liu, Yanhong; Li, Dan; Xu, Yanqing
Titel	Indiscriminate Friendliness in Children Adopted from China to the United States: A Mixed Methods Study
Quelle	In: Professional Counselor, 7 (2017) 3, S.208-222 (15 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	2164-3989
Schlagwörter	Mixed Methods Research; Foreign Countries; Adoption; Case Studies; Interpersonal Relationship; Stranger Reactions; Attachment Behavior; Counselors; Semi Structured Interviews; Parents; Young Children; Regression (Statistics); China; United States + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ausland; Case study; Fallstudie; Case Study; Interpersonal relation; Interpersonal relations; Interpersonelle Beziehung; Zwischenmenschliche Beziehung; Fremdenprüfung; Attachment; Bindungsverhalten; Counselor; Counsellor; Counsellors; Berater; Eltern; Frühe Kindheit; Regression; Regressionsanalyse; USA
Abstract	Indiscriminate friendliness (IF) is a prominent issue with children adopted from China to the United States. Through a mixed methods design, the authors explored four Chinese adoptees' experiences of IF within their real-life context, investigated potential factors associated with IF, and examined the IF-attachment relationship. This mixed methods study consisted of a qualitative case study of four children adopted from China and a quantitative investigation into IF using a sample of 92 adoptive parents with Chinese adoptees. The qualitative findings revealed crucial propositions related to children's IF, and the quantitative results provided further evidence to corroborate the qualitative findings. This study reinforced the stance that IF should be treated as a distinct construct from attachment. Researchers and professional counselors can benefit from the results of this study to better serve Chinese adoptive families. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01