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International and Transracial Adoption: A Communication Research Agenda

Pages 237-253 | Published online: 13 Nov 2009

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Irene Salvo Agoglia & David Poveda. (2023) ‘No more secrets, it’s over!’: small stories about late adoption disclosure of Chilean adults. Journal of Family Studies 0:0, pages 1-25.
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Jason D. Reynolds (Taewon Choi)Chiroshri Bhattacharjee, Megan E. Ingraham & Bridget M. Anton. (2022) Name Reclamation for Transracial Korean Adoptee Returnees in the United States and Europe . Adoption Quarterly 25:4, pages 245-282.
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Margarida Rangel Henriques, Isabel Fidalgo, Diana Neves Teixeira, Margarida Domingues & Sara Silva. (2021) Child Preparation for Adoption as an Ethical Requirement during Pre-Placement: The PPCA. Adoption Quarterly 24:2, pages 128-151.
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Melissa Rizzo Weller & Angela M. Hosek. (2020) Birth Mothers’ Experiences of Privacy Turbulence in Relation to Closed Adoption Information. Journal of Family Communication 20:3, pages 250-264.
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Hsin-Yu Chen & Yanhong Liu. (2020) On Becoming “Chinese Americans”: The Complexity of Navigating Two Worlds. Journal of College and Character 21:2, pages 116-123.
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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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Colleen Warner Colaner, Haley Kranstuber Horstman & Christine E. Rittenour. (2018) Negotiating Adoptive and Birth Shared Family Identity: A Social Identity Complexity Approach. Western Journal of Communication 82:4, pages 393-415.
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Leslie Rose Nelson & Colleen Warner Colaner. (2018) Becoming a Transracial Family: Communicatively Negotiating Divergent Identities in Families Formed Through Transracial Adoption. Journal of Family Communication 18:1, pages 51-67.
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Elizabeth Dorrance Hall, John O. Greene, Lindsey B. Anderson, LaReina Hingson, Elizabeth Gill, Brenda L. Berkelaar & Melanie Morgan. (2017) The Family Environment of “Quick-Witted” Persons: Birth Order, Family Communication Patterns, and Creative Facility. Communication Studies 68:5, pages 493-510.
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Meredith Marko Harrigan, Alexandra Priore, Emily Wagner & Katelyn Palka. (2017) Preventing Face Loss in Donor-Assisted Families. Journal of Family Communication 17:3, pages 273-287.
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Kayla N. Anderson, Martha A. Rueter & Richard M. Lee. (2015) Discussions About Racial and Ethnic Differences in Internationally Adoptive Families: Links With Family Engagement, Warmth, & Control. Journal of Family Communication 15:4, pages 289-308.
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Meredith Marko Harrigan, Sarah Dieter, Jenna Leinwohl & Laura Marrin. (2015) “It’s Just Who I Am … I Have Brown Hair. I Have a Mysterious Father”: An Exploration of Donor-Conceived Offspring’s Identity Construction. Journal of Family Communication 15:1, pages 75-93.
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Sarah J. Shin. (2013) Transforming culture and identity: transnational adoptive families and heritage language learning. Language, Culture and Curriculum 26:2, pages 161-178.
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JenniferE. Potter. (2013) Adopting Commodities: A Burkean Cluster Analysis of Adoption Rhetoric. Adoption Quarterly 16:2, pages 108-127.
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Leslie Baxter, Kristen Norwood, Bryan Asbury, Amber Jannusch & Kristina M. Scharp. (2012) Narrative Coherence in Online Stories Told by Members of the Adoption Triad. Journal of Family Communication 12:4, pages 265-283.
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Elizabeth A. Suter. (2012) Negotiating Identity and Pragmatism: Parental Treatment of International Adoptees' Birth Culture Names. Journal of Family Communication 12:3, pages 209-226.
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Haley Kranstuber, Kristen Carr & AngelaM. Hosek. (2012) “If You Can Dream It, You Can Achieve It.” Parent Memorable Messages as Indicators of College Student Success. Communication Education 61:1, pages 44-66.
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Kristen M. Norwood & Leslie A. Baxter. (2011) “Dear Birth Mother”: Addressivity and Meaning-Making in Online Adoption-Seeking Letters. Journal of Family Communication 11:3, pages 198-217.
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Stephenson J. Beck, Amy N. Miller & Whitney A. Frahm. (2011) An Alternative Approach to Family Communication Studying the Family from a Group Communication Perspective. Annals of the International Communication Association 35:1, pages 93-119.
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Colleen Warner Colaner & Haley Kranstuber. (2010) “Forever Kind of Wondering”: Communicatively Managing Uncertainty in Adoptive Families. Journal of Family Communication 10:4, pages 236-255.
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Meredith Marko Harrigan & DawnO. Braithwaite. (2010) Discursive Struggles in Families Formed through Visible Adoption: An Exploration of Dialectical Unity. Journal of Applied Communication Research 38:2, pages 127-144.
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ElizabethA. Suter & RobertL. Ballard. (2009) “How Much Did You Pay For Her?”: Decision-Making Criteria Underlying Adoptive Parents' Responses to Inappropriate Remarks. Journal of Family Communication 9:2, pages 107-125.
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ElizabethA. Suter. (2008) Discursive Negotiation of Family Identity: A Study of U.S. Families with Adopted Children from China. Journal of Family Communication 8:2, pages 126-147.
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Karla Mason Bergen, Elizabeth A. Suter & Karen L. Daas. (2006) "About as Solid as a Fish Net": Symbolic Construction of a Legitimate Parental Identity for Nonbiological Lesbian Mothers. Journal of Family Communication 6:3, pages 201-220.
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Caryn E. Medved, Shannon M. Brogan, Andrea M. McClanahan, Jerimiah F. Morris & Gregory J. Shepherd. (2006) Family and Work Socializing Communication: Messages, Gender, and Ideological Implications. Journal of Family Communication 6:3, pages 161-180.
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ELIZABETH DORRANCE HALL. (2017) The process of family member marginalization: Turning points experienced by “black sheep”. Personal Relationships 24:3, pages 491-512.
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Colleen Warner Colaner & Jordan Soliz. (2015) A Communication-Based Approach to Adoptive Identity: Theoretical and Empirical Support. Communication Research 44:5, pages 611-637.
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Jacki Fitzpatrick & Erin Kostina-Ritchey. (2012) Sibling Roles Represented in Children's Books about Chinese-US Family Adoption. Family and Consumer Sciences Research Journal 41:2, pages 183-197.
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Sara Docan-Morgan. (2010) ‘‘They don’t know what it’s like to be in my shoes’’: Topic avoidance about race in transracially adoptive families. Journal of Social and Personal Relationships 28:3, pages 336-355.
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