University Presentation Showcase: Undergraduate Division
How Adoption Impacts Adoptees’ Mental Well-Being
Presenter Hometown
Richmond
Major
Model Laboratory Schools Senior
Degree
Undergraduate
Mentor
Jilliane McCardle
Mentor Department
Other
Recommended Citation
Marks, Ellaciah R., "How Adoption Impacts Adoptees’ Mental Well-Being" (2023). University Presentation Showcase Event. 19.
https://encompass.eku.edu/swps/2023/undergraduate/19
Abstract
The purpose of this study is to explore if there is a relationship between being adopted and the mental health of the adoptee, attempting to address if adoption is impacting or influencing an adoptees’ mental well-being. The research methods this study is using is explore, because it is exploring how adoption could possibly affect adoptees mental health and if there could be a pattern. It will be using mixed methods, getting quantitative data from multiple choice survey questions and qualitative data from the interviews and long-response survey questions. The study will be non-experimental, because an experiment is not needed to find out whether or not adoption impacts the mental well-being of adoptees. If this study shows a relationship between mental health and adoption, it could help adoption systems and adoptive parents gain a better understanding of adoptees. This study has limitations of response bias, non-response bias, truth bias, and sampling bias. This study has a time constraint, lack of connection to participants, and participants can choose not to fill out the survey. There is truth bias when participants may be untruthful in responses, and sampling bias because participants are sought out but when the link to the survey spreads, the researcher cannot control who is given the survey. This data may only pertain to a small population of adoptees.
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How Adoption Impacts Adoptees’ Mental Well-Being
The purpose of this study is to explore if there is a relationship between being adopted and the mental health of the adoptee, attempting to address if adoption is impacting or influencing an adoptees’ mental well-being. The research methods this study is using is explore, because it is exploring how adoption could possibly affect adoptees mental health and if there could be a pattern. It will be using mixed methods, getting quantitative data from multiple choice survey questions and qualitative data from the interviews and long-response survey questions. The study will be non-experimental, because an experiment is not needed to find out whether or not adoption impacts the mental well-being of adoptees. If this study shows a relationship between mental health and adoption, it could help adoption systems and adoptive parents gain a better understanding of adoptees. This study has limitations of response bias, non-response bias, truth bias, and sampling bias. This study has a time constraint, lack of connection to participants, and participants can choose not to fill out the survey. There is truth bias when participants may be untruthful in responses, and sampling bias because participants are sought out but when the link to the survey spreads, the researcher cannot control who is given the survey. This data may only pertain to a small population of adoptees.
