Identities of transracial adoptees: outsiders looking in?

• Autores: Patricia G. Ramsey, Kalyn Mika
• Localización: Anales de psicología, ISSN-e 1695-2294, ISSN 0212-9728, Vol. 27, Nº. 3, 2011, págs. 611-624
• Idioma: inglés
• Títulos paralelos:
  • Las identidades de las adopciones interraciales: ¿sintiéndose extraños?
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  • En este estudio se analizó cómo, con frecuencia, en las adopciones interraciales los adoptados se identifican como �fuera de lugar? así como los factores que influyen en esta percepción. Participaron cinco universitarias coreanas adoptadas a las que se les realizó entrevistas en profundidad sobre su identidad racial/cultural y sobre cómo la habían formado. En sus respuestas aparecieron varios contenidos relacionados con la sensación de sentirse �extraño? o �fuera de lugar?. Aunque las participantes manifestaron tener relaciones estrechas con sus familias adoptivas y amigos estadounidenses, también relataron haber vivido experiencias y sucesos que afectaron negativamente estas relaciones. Del mismo modo, señalaron que cuando habían intentado unirse a grupos de asiáticos, se sintieron a menudo excluidas debido a su falta de familiaridad con la cultura y la lengua coreanas. Varias de ellas establecieron relaciones muy cercanas con otros jóvenes adoptados o con grupos de iguales multirraciales o multiculturales.

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