Using data collected on users over the last 10 years by ETS AMI Amici Missioni Indiane, an organization that has been operating in the field of international adoptions since 2000, the study investigates the role of various variables that can influence the successful integration of a child into their adoptive family at the time of placement. Although the older age of the child is a known risk factor for the development of psychopathologies, this variable was considered a potentially adaptive factor if both the willingness to receive training and request psychological support from the parental couple and the presence of any siblings in the original family, as in the adoptive family, were present. Archival research confirmed the hypothesis that psychoeducational preparation and post-adoption psychological support facilitate the adaptation of older adopted children, supported both by the negative correlation between regressive behaviors expressed during placement and the couple's contingent participation in group meetings aimed at adoptive parenting, and by the positive correlation between the child's sharing of their biographical memory and pre-adoptive participation in training aimed at candidate couples embarking on the adoption process. The second hypothesis was only partially confirmed: while archival research shows that the variable of adoptive siblings does not correlate with any other factor and therefore does not seem to affect the child's adaptation during placement, the positive correlation between sharing memories of the biological family (including the correlation with nostalgic, distressing, traumatic, and confusing content) and the number of biological siblings suggests that they play a protective role in maintaining a sense of identity continuity upon arrival in Italy and in the months that follow.
Avvalendosi dei dati raccolti sull'utenza degli ultimi 10 anni di ETS AMI Amici Missioni Indiane, ente che opera nel campo delle adozioni internazionali dal 2000, lo studio indaga il ruolo di diverse variabili che possono influenzare una buona integrazione del minore nella famiglia adottiva al momento del suo collocamento. Nonostante l'età più avanzata del bambino e sia un noto fattore di rischio per lo sviluppo di psicopatologie, questa variabile è stata considerata come un fattore potenzialmente adattivo qualora fossero presenti sia la disponibilità a ricevere formazione e richiedere supporto psicologico da parte della coppia genitoriale sia la presenza di eventuali fratelli nel nucleo familiare originario, come in quello adottivo. Dalla ricerca d’archivio è stato possibile confermare l’ipotesi che la preparazione psicoeducativa ed il supporto psicologico post-adottivo facilitino l’adattamento del minore adottato in età avanzata, supportata sia dalla correlazione negativa fra i comportamenti regressivi espressi in fase di collocamento e la partecipazione contingente della coppia agli incontri di gruppo rivolti alla genitorialità adottiva, sia da quella positiva fra la condivisione della memoria biografica da parte del bambino e la partecipazione preadottiva ad una formazione indirizzata alle coppie candidate che intraprendono il percorso adottivo. La seconda ipotesi è stata confermata solo parzialmente: mentre dalla ricerca d’archivio, la variabile dei fratelli adottivi non correla con nessun altro fattore e quindi non sembrerebbe condizionare l’adattamento in fase di collocamento del bambino, la correlazione positiva fra la condivisione di ricordi sulla famiglia biologica (comprendendo anche la correlazione con i contenuti nostalgici, angosciati, traumatici e confusi) ed il numero di fratelli biologici suggerisce che questi ricoprano un ruolo protettivo del senso di continuità identitaria all’arrivo in Italia e nei mesi successivi.
La composizione della famiglia adottiva: uno specchio degli ultimi 10 anni in collaborazione con Amici Missioni Indiane (AMI)
PROIETTI, ANNALIVIA
2024/2025
Abstract
Using data collected on users over the last 10 years by ETS AMI Amici Missioni Indiane, an organization that has been operating in the field of international adoptions since 2000, the study investigates the role of various variables that can influence the successful integration of a child into their adoptive family at the time of placement. Although the older age of the child is a known risk factor for the development of psychopathologies, this variable was considered a potentially adaptive factor if both the willingness to receive training and request psychological support from the parental couple and the presence of any siblings in the original family, as in the adoptive family, were present. Archival research confirmed the hypothesis that psychoeducational preparation and post-adoption psychological support facilitate the adaptation of older adopted children, supported both by the negative correlation between regressive behaviors expressed during placement and the couple's contingent participation in group meetings aimed at adoptive parenting, and by the positive correlation between the child's sharing of their biographical memory and pre-adoptive participation in training aimed at candidate couples embarking on the adoption process. The second hypothesis was only partially confirmed: while archival research shows that the variable of adoptive siblings does not correlate with any other factor and therefore does not seem to affect the child's adaptation during placement, the positive correlation between sharing memories of the biological family (including the correlation with nostalgic, distressing, traumatic, and confusing content) and the number of biological siblings suggests that they play a protective role in maintaining a sense of identity continuity upon arrival in Italy and in the months that follow.| File | Dimensione | Formato | |
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