Let's Start at the Beginning: The Relationship between Entrance Narratives and Adoptees' Self Concepts
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ndltd-OhioLink-oai-etd.ohiolink.edu-miami12173709132021-08-03T05:40:30Z Let's Start at the Beginning: The Relationship between Entrance Narratives and Adoptees' Self Concepts Kranstuber, Haley Ann Communication Families and Family Life entrance narratives adoption family narratives narrative themes self concept self esteem identity generalized trust Families construct stories to validate milestones such as a marriage proposal or the birth of a child, and these stories heavily influence family members' identities. But what happens when an essential narrative is incomplete, or "broken," as is the case with birth stories in adoptive families? Adoptees are disconnected partially or entirely from those involved in their birth stories, so adoptive families must create adoption entrance narratives to fill the birth story void. These stories explain the concept of adoption to the child and establish an adoptee's place in the family and in the world, thereby potentially yielding much influence over adoptees' self concepts. Drawing from theoretical frameworks of narrative theory and symbolic interactionism, this study seeks to discover themes emergent from adoption entrance narratives, and then analyze the relationship between these themes and adoptees' self concepts. 2008-08-06 English text Miami University / OhioLINK http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=miami1217370913 http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=miami1217370913 unrestricted This thesis or dissertation is protected by copyright: all rights reserved. It may not be copied or redistributed beyond the terms of applicable copyright laws. |
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