Clinical trial NCT03646838: Family Experiences After International Adoption
Official title: Family Experiences After International Adoption
Study type: OBSERVATIONAL
Overall status: COMPLETED
Conditions: Discrimination, Racial
Keywords: International adoption
Family experiences
Adolescents
France
Lead sponsor: Centre Hospitalier St Anne
Sponsor class: OTHER
First posted: 2018-08-24
Enrollment: 991
Sex: ALL
Minimum age (years): 11
Standard ages: CHILD
ADULT
OLDER_ADULT
Accepts healthy volunteers: yes
Observational model: COHORT
Time perspective: PROSPECTIVE
Sampling method: NON_PROBABILITY_SAMPLE
Study population: Adoptive parents, regardless of the age of their children, as well as adolescents who have been adopted internationally, directly.

Brief summary: The purpose of this study is to determine the types of experiences faced by families in France who have adopted a child internationally. In addition, internationally adopted adolescents are invited to respond to questions about their own personal experiences.

Detailed description: Microaggressions, or "unintended discrimination" related to adoption have been widely investigated in the USA. These microaggressions may relate to both adoptive status and country of origin, or both. However, the prevalence and qualitative characteristics of these events have been seldom studied in other countries. Differences in cultural norms and practices among countries might influence the type and frequency of microaggressions experienced by adopted children and their families. Brief anonymous questionnaires devised to elicit personal experiences related to microaggressions will be distributed by 4 clinical services serving this population (3 pediatric, 1 child psychiatric) and by 2 large adoptive family support networks to adoptive parents in France. Frequencies and relations between experience of micro-aggressions and other variables will be analyzed.

Eligibility criteria: Inclusion Criteria:

Parents :

1. Parents of an internationally adopted child, whose placement occurred at least 6 months ago
2. Willing and able to complete a questionnaire

Adolescents :

1. Internationally adopted adolescents who were placed at least 6 months ago
2. Willing and able to complete a questionnaire

Exclusion Criteria:

Parents :

1. Unwilling or unable to complete the questionnaire

Adolescents :

1. Parents are unwilling for child to participate
2. Child is unwilling to participate
3. Unable to understand the questions

Primary outcomes:
measure: Number and type of micro-aggressions experienced by French families who have adopted internationally
timeFrame: parents respond to a questionnaire at a single time point, regarding their experience. Participation is hence limited to the 30 minutes required to complete the questionnaire.
Secondary outcomes:
measure: Number and type of micro-aggressions experienced by internationally adopted adolescents in France
timeFrame: Adolescents respond to a questionnaire at a single time point, regarding their experiences as an adopted person in France. Participation is hence limited to the 30 minutes required to complete the questionnaire.
Other outcomes:
Locations:
city: Dijon
country: France
facility: Hospital Enfants CHU du BOCAGE
city: Paris
country: France
facility: Hospital SAINTE ANNE
city: Paris
country: France
facility: Hospital NECKER
city: Versailles
country: France
facility: Hospital MIGNOT
Study officials:
affiliation: Hospital SAINTE ANNE
name: Marie Odile MD PEROUSE DE MONTCLOS
role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR
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