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Communicatively Constructing Birth Family Relationships in Open Adoptive Families: Naming, Connecting, and Relational Functioning

Haley Kranstuber HorstmanDepartment of Communication, University of Missouri, ColumbiaMO, USACorrespondence[email protected]
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Colleen Warner ColanerDepartment of Communication, University of Missouri, ColumbiaMO, USAORCID Iconhttp://orcid.org/0000-0002-3742-4646View further author information
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Leslie R NelsonDepartment of Communication, University of Missouri, ColumbiaMO, USAORCID Iconhttp://orcid.org/0000-0003-4478-2975View further author information
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Alyssa BishDepartment of Communication, University of Missouri, ColumbiaMO, USAView further author information
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Alexie HaysDepartment of Communication, Marietta College, MariettaOH, USAView further author information
Pages 138-152 | Published online: 24 Jan 2018

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Hewan Girma. (2024) Respecting names: Ethiopian transnational adoptee name changes, retention and reclamation. Ethnic and Racial Studies 47:1, pages 191-211.
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Melissa Rizzo Weller. (2022) “I Want the Piece of Paper that Is My History, and Why the Hell Can’t I Have It?”: Original Birth Certificates and Adoptive Identity. Journal of Family Communication 22:3, pages 271-287.
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Charee M. Thompson, Elizabeth A. Hintz & Christopher M. Duerringer. (2022) Setting the Agenda: Beyond Discourse Dependence and a Dependence on Discourse. Journal of Family Communication 22:2, pages 175-184.
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Tony Xing Tan & Yanhong Liu. (2019) Identity Development in an International Transracial Adoptive Family: A 5-Year Case Study. Journal of Family Communication 19:4, pages 362-379.
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Melissa Rizzo Weller. (2019) “I Guess They’re All Real Moms Then”: Constructing Motherhood Through Language in the Adoption Community. Adoption Quarterly 22:4, pages 265-283.
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Lynn H. Turner. (2019) Introduction to the Special Issue: Increasing Space for Families on the Margins. Journal of Family Communication 19:3, pages 171-176.
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Jane Pilcher & Amanda Coffey. (2022) Names in adoption law and policy: representations of family, rights and identities. Families, Relationships and Societies, pages 1-16.
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Hui Xiong, Zehui Dai & Yinxue Xie. (2022) Reconsider the triangle: Effects of birth parents’ communicative practices on Chinese hidden children’s identification with family of origin. Journal of Social and Personal Relationships 39:8, pages 2572-2594.
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Colleen Warner Colaner, Alyssa L. Bish, Maria Butauski, Alexie Hays, Haley Kranstuber Horstman & Leslie R. Nelson. (2021) Communication Privacy Management in Open Adoption Relationships: Negotiating Co-ownership across In-person and Mediated Communication. Communication Research 49:6, pages 816-837.
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Sara Docan‐Morgan. (2021) Discursive struggles in “real” families: Korean adoptees, adoptive parents, and birth family reunions . Family Relations 71:2, pages 542-560.
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Haley Kranstuber Horstman & Colleen Warner Colaner. 2022. Sourcebook of Family Theories and Methodologies. Sourcebook of Family Theories and Methodologies 549 554 .
Jane Pilcher, Zara Hooley & Amanda Coffey. (2020) Names and naming in adoption: Birth heritage and family‐making. Child & Family Social Work 25:3, pages 568-575.
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