SHIHNING CHOU SHIHNING.CHOU@NOTTINGHAM.AC.UK
Associate Professor
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 |
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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. |
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