Adoption Research
Adoption England has recently received three requests for support to recruit participants for adoption research. They all involve short anonymous online surveys. Please pass the following information on to anyone who may have an interest in participating:
People with experience of adoption
Researchers at the University of Manchester are seeking to understand ‘what research matters most’ to people with experience of adoption. The research is funded by the NIHR Manchester Biomedical Research Centre. The findings could help to shape future adoption research priorities.
An online survey, which will take about 15 minutes to complete, is open until Friday 13 November to people over 18 who:
- were adopted in the UK, or
- are a parent, relative or friend of someone adopted in the UK, or
- are professionals, including researchers, who have worked with adopted people in the UK
See: www.qualtrics.manchester.ac.uk/jfe/form/SV_01a26aEWIuhUozI
For any questions or to learn more about the study, please contact the research team at social.study@manchester.ac.uk
Adoptive parents
Researchers at the University of Oxford are exploring how adoptive parents’ identity as parents might relate to their wellbeing, confidence and satisfaction with parenthood, and relationships to their adopted children. Adoptive parental identity has not been studied in this way before. The research findings could inform future adoption support.
An online survey is open for parents who have adopted in the UK within the last 5 years and have no birth, step, or foster children. It takes approximately 10 minutes.
See: https://psychiatryoxford.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_0CBEGeEA3A3Rajc
For any questions or to learn more about the study, please contact Kata Katona at kata.katona@new.ox.ac.uk
Single adoptive parents
A doctoral student at the University of Bradford, is exploring the experiences of single adoptive parents in the UK, with a particular focus on post-adoption support. Single adoptive parents have been included in wider adoption research, but their experiences have rarely been examined separately.
The research includes an online survey for those who adopted as single parents from the outset of the adoption process and live in the UK. The survey takes approximately 20-30 minutes to complete.
For any questions or to learn more about the study, please contact Susie James at s.l.james@bradford.ac.uk