Abstract

CAMPANHA-ARAUJO, Ivy Campista; NASCIMENTO, Célia Regina Rangel  and  ROSSETTI, Claudia Broetto. Becoming a child: the child's perspective in the late adoption context. Psicol. rev. (Belo Horizonte) [online]. 2020, vol.26, n.1, pp. 41-62. ISSN 1677-1168.  http://dx.doi.org/10.5752/P.1678-9563.2020v26n1p40-61.

Despite the importance of reciprocity in the construction of the bond between parents and children, late adoption is still performed in Brazil favoring only the adult's discourse, in such a way that the child’s feeling and desire are usually not taken into consideration in an adoption process. Thus, the study presented here aims to know the child’s perspective in the process of becoming a son/daughter to new parents, in a late adoption context. Our procedures to collect data included semi-structured interviews, development of a genogram and a biographical book. The interventions carried out made it possible to conclude that through silence the child expressed contents that reminded him/her of aspects previous to the arrival at the adoptive family, showing to be unwilling to talk about the experience before the adoption, however made it evident, through reports and drawings, the construction of the bond with the adoptive family and the feeling of being integrated into the new family environment.

Keywords : Late adoption; Adoptive family; Child's perspective; Bond.

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