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KMID : 1025820190270040571
Family and Family Therapy
2019 Volume.27 No. 4 p.571 ~ p.597
A Narrative Inquiry on the Caregiving Experience of Foster Care Providers for Children Listed for Overseas Adoption
Kang Yu-Jin

Lee Sun-Hae
Abstract
Objectives: The purpose of the study is to describe in depth the experience and meaning of women who have provided foster care for children listed for overseas adoption.

Method: The authors conducted a narrative inquiry dictated by Clandinin and Connelly (2000) on four women with such experience. Study participants were interviewed both individually and in groups, after which a two part research text of telling and retelling was constructed.

Results: In the telling stage, the participants each defined a foster family as ¡®warm fried rice¡¯, ¡®heaven of heart¡¯, ¡®something heavy¡¯, or ¡®confidence-gaining¡¯. In the retelling stage, a group narrative was constructed which revealed the process of each individual¡¯s experience and meaning interacting with those of others and being reconstructed within the sociocultural context. This study in all showed that foster caring of children listed for overseas adoption is a process of development and growth not only for those children but also for foster mothers and their family members.

Conclusion: The authors emphasized the need for enhanced understanding of foster care as a social construction process as well as the need for a legal basis to improve support for these families.
KEYWORD
children listed for overseas adoption, family foster care, foster mother, narrative inquiry
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