LOOKING FOR INTERNATIONAL ADULT ADOPTEES FOR A RESEARCH STUDY

 

 

Dear Adoptees,

 

Very little is known about international adult adoptees’ adjustment to their adopted country as they grow up. I am interested in understanding the experiences of adults born in other countries and adopted by parents from the United States. As a doctoral student in the University of Pittsburgh School of Social Work, I am now exploring this important issue. In this study, I am interested in finding out how the factor of parental support of your ethnic identity has contributed to your feelings about yourself.

 

I hope you will agree to cooperate with this effort, since the information I obtain can help social workers to understand study factors that affect successful adjustment. There are no anticipated risks or direct benefits to you from participating in this study. By responding to this survey, however, you may help others by contributing to our knowledge about policy and practice issues related to international adoption.

 

This is a completely anonymous, confidential and voluntary web survey. This study has been approved by the Institutional Review Board at the University of Pittsburgh and follows the board’s ethical standards and guidelines. When you finish the survey, your responses will be automatically entered. In addition, if you are interested in participating in a drawing to win a $25 gift certificate from Barnes and Nobles, please e-mail me at jam89@pitt.edu separately with your name, phone # and address. 

 

If you have any questions regarding the survey, please feel free to contact me at jam89@pitt.edu or 412-441-2380. Thank you for assisting me with my research and for your contribution to understanding international adult adoptees’ adjustment. If you wish to see a short report of main findings on the suggested data, please contact me.

 

This study is being conducted under the direction of Esther Sales, PhD., professor, School of Social Work, University of Pittsburgh.

 

If you prefer to print your questionnaire and return it, please mail to Jayashree Mohanty, School of Social Work, University of Pittsburgh, 4200 5th Ave, Pittsburgh, PA 15213-9972

 

Sincerely,

 

 

 

Jayashree Mohanty, MSW

Ph.D. student, University of Pittsburgh, School of Social Work

 

PLEASE CLICK HERE TO GO TO THE STUDY