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The Relationship between The Family Functions Nurtured by Non-Biological Parent-Child and Child's Understanding of His/Her Parents and Self and Parent-Child Dyad

Research Project

Project/Area Number 17530490
Research Category

Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)

Allocation TypeSingle-year Grants
Section一般
Research Field Educational psychology
Research InstitutionKamakura Women's University (2007)
Chukyo University (2005-2006)

Principal Investigator

TOMITA Yoko (2007)  Kamakura Women's University, Faculty of Child Studies, Lecturer (10288102)

古澤 頼雄 (2005-2006)  中京大学, 心理学部, 教授 (00060632)

Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha) TUSKADA Michiru  Chukyo University, Faculty of Psychology, Assistant Professor (20410631)
富田 庸子  鎌倉女子大学, 児童学部, 専任講師 (10288102)
Project Period (FY) 2005 – 2007
Project Status Completed (Fiscal Year 2007)
Budget Amount *help
¥3,930,000 (Direct Cost: ¥3,600,000、Indirect Cost: ¥330,000)
Fiscal Year 2007: ¥1,430,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,100,000、Indirect Cost: ¥330,000)
Fiscal Year 2006: ¥1,300,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,300,000)
Fiscal Year 2005: ¥1,200,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,200,000)
KeywordsTelling / Family functions / Non-biological family / Understanding on parent-child dyad / Self-understanding / Adoption / Self history / Parent-child communication / テリング(真実告知) / 親理解 / 発達支援 / Open adoption
Research Abstract

Telling is the continuous effort by adoptive parents to make their adopted children understood about the presence of their biological mothers and their roots.
We conducted home visiting interviews with the adoptive families, and explored the variations in telling procedures by adoptive parents in developmental view of their children's understanding on selves and parent-child relationships, and of the nurturing processes of their family functions.
Main findings were (1) adoptive parents try their telling by means of their understanding on the children's psychological development and individuality, (2) the telling by adoptive parents in early stage promotes their own awareness toward telling and gets used to talk about biological mothers to their adopted children, and (3) there are many adoptive parents who feel some difficulties, such as turning point of their procedures on telling, when their children reach at three-years of age and/or school age. Simultaneously, social interactive netwo … More rk is more necessary for adoptive parents having children of such ages in order to progress their telling. Additional finding were (1) the telling procedures by adoptive parents change from one-way to reciprocal communication as children's abilities grow, (2) children's experiences of having younger siblings or meeting with their birth mothers motivate their own understanding on the content of telling (3) adopted children's temporary tendencies of disgust for being provided telling occurs at certain period of their age, (4) the more these children get sensitive to acknowledge-of-difference (Kirk, 1964) from others, the more their social attitudes become complicated.
We also reviewed several empirical researches related to the communication openness in adoptive families, especially in the U.S. and Europe, and found the significance of adoptive parental telling with their children which intensively connected to the formation of children's self-history. We concluded that the adoptive parents' respect for their children as individuals and their continuous dialogue with them suggest very useful implications to revisit our current society where diverse families exist. Less

Report

(4 results)
  • 2007 Annual Research Report   Final Research Report Summary
  • 2006 Annual Research Report
  • 2005 Annual Research Report
  • Research Products

    (10 results)

All 2006

All Journal Article (8 results) (of which Peer Reviewed: 1 results) Presentation (2 results)

  • [Journal Article] 非血縁家族において子どもが作る自分史への発達支援-育て親によるテリングに関する探索的検討2006

    • Author(s)
      古澤 頼雄・富田 庸子・塚田一城 みちる
    • Journal Title

      中京大学心理学研究科・心理学部紀要 第5巻第2号

      Pages: 23-33

    • NAID

      40007287261

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
    • Related Report
      2007 Final Research Report Summary
    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Journal Article] 非血縁家族において子どもが作る自分史への発達支援:育ての親によるテリングに関する検討2006

    • Author(s)
      古澤 頼雄・富田 庸子・塚田一城 みちる
    • Journal Title

      新しい家族 養子と里親制度の研究 48

      Pages: 60-73

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
    • Related Report
      2007 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Journal Article] ありのままを受けいれ、伝え続ける-Open Adoption家族のテリング-2006

    • Author(s)
      富田 庸子
    • Journal Title

      鎌倉女子大学学術研究所報 6

      Pages: 109-110

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
    • Related Report
      2007 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Journal Article] Developmental support to help the adopted children make their self-history in open adoption : Preparatory examination on telling by adoptive parents.2006

    • Author(s)
      KOSAWA, Yorio, TOMITA, Yoko, TSUKADA-JO Michiru
    • Journal Title

      Bulletin of Chukyo University, Graduate School of Psychology and Faculty of Psychology 5(2)

      Pages: 23-33

    • NAID

      40015666850

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より
    • Related Report
      2007 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Journal Article] Developmental support to help the adopted children make their self-history in open adoption : An examination on telling by adoptive parents.2006

    • Author(s)
      KOSAWA, Yorio, TOMITA, Yoko, TSUKADA-JO Michiru
    • Journal Title

      Studies of Adoption and Foster Care : ATARASHII KAZOKU 48

      Pages: 60-73

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より
    • Related Report
      2007 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Journal Article] Continuous effort of acceptance to non-biological children-Telling in open adoptive family.2006

    • Author(s)
      TOMITA, Yoko
    • Journal Title

      The Journal of the Institute for Humanistic Studies, Kamakura Women's University 6

      Pages: 109-110

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より
    • Related Report
      2007 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Journal Article] 非血縁家族において子どもが作る自分史への発達支援 : 育ての親によるテリングに関する検討2006

    • Author(s)
      古澤頼雄, 富田庸子, 塚田みちる
    • Journal Title

      新しい家族 : 養子と里親制度の研究 48

      Pages: 60-73

    • Related Report
      2006 Annual Research Report
  • [Journal Article] 非血縁家族において子どもが作る自分史への発達支援-育て親によるテリングに関する探索的検討-2006

    • Author(s)
      古澤頼雄
    • Journal Title

      中京大学心理学研究科・心理学部紀要 5・2

      Pages: 23-33

    • NAID

      40007287261

    • Related Report
      2005 Annual Research Report
  • [Presentation] A Developmental Study On "Telling":In Open Adoptive Families2006

    • Author(s)
      Tomita, Y., Kosawa, Y. and Tsukada-Jo, M.
    • Organizer
      The 19th Biennnial Meetings of International Society for Studies on Behavioral Development
    • Place of Presentation
      Melbourne,Australia
    • Year and Date
      2006-07-04
    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
    • Related Report
      2007 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Presentation] A Developmental Study OnTelling : In Open Adoptive Families.2006

    • Author(s)
      Tomita, Y., Kosawa, Y., Tsukada-Jo, M.
    • Organizer
      The 19th Biennial Meetings of Inter national Society for Studies on Beha vioral Development
    • Place of Presentation
      Melbourne, Australia
    • Year and Date
      2006-07-04
    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より
    • Related Report
      2007 Final Research Report Summary

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