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The relationship over time between international adoption and institutional care in Romania and Lithuania

Chou, Shihning; Browne, Kevin

Authors

KEVIN BROWNE kevin.browne@nottingham.ac.uk
Professor of Forensic Psychology and Child Health



Abstract

International adoption is seen by some as a solution to the large number of children in institutional care. However, our previous findings did not support the notion that international adoption contributes to the deinstitutionalisation of children (Browne and Chou, 2008; Chou and Browne, 2008). As our previous study was cross‐sectional, the aim of this study was to investigate the relationship over time in a country that has banned international adoptions (Romania) and a country that has continued the practice (Lithuania). The numbers of children in care and the numbers of adoptions were obtained from government websites and by contacting government departments. A positive correlation was found between institutional care and international adoption in Romania between 1997 and 2012. The findings for Romania indicated that stopping international adoption was not accompanied by an increase in the number of children in institutional care. A reduction in institutional care in Romania only occurred after the ban on international adoption. However, no correlation was found for Lithuania as both practices remained constant between 2000 and 2012. The findings for Lithuania showed that continued international adoption was not accompanied by a reduction in institutional care.

Citation

Chou, S., & Browne, K. (2016). The relationship over time between international adoption and institutional care in Romania and Lithuania. Child Abuse Review, 25(6), 444-453. https://doi.org/10.1002/car.2395

Journal Article Type Article
Acceptance Date Mar 8, 2015
Online Publication Date Jul 14, 2015
Publication Date Nov 1, 2016
Deposit Date Jul 4, 2018
Journal Child Abuse Review
Print ISSN 0952-9136
Electronic ISSN 1099-0852
Publisher Wiley
Peer Reviewed Peer Reviewed
Volume 25
Issue 6
Pages 444-453
DOI https://doi.org/10.1002/car.2395
Public URL http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/car.2395/abstract
Publisher URL https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/car.2395
Additional Information This is the peer reviewed version of the following article: Chou, S., and Browne, K. D. ( 2016) The Relationship over Time between International Adoption and Institutional Care in Romania and Lithuania. Child Abuse Rev., 25: 444– 453. doi: 10.1002/car.2395., which has been published in final form at: https://doi.org/10.1002/car.2395. This article may be used for non-commercial purposes in accordance with Wiley Terms and Conditions for Use of Self-Archived Versions.