Adoptonomics
Disciplines
Social Psychology
Abstract (300 words maximum)
This research presents an analysis aimed at understanding the financial aspects of the adoption process. Our goal was to investigate how families prepare financially for adoption, focusing on the various financial requirements and contributions across different adoption methods, and to explore the sociocultural connection between adopting individuals' attitudes and preferences towards various adoption funding methods.A sample of 125 U.S. families participated in this investigation. Parental participants averaged 45.94 years (s = 8.651). Most parents identified as female (91.43, Caucasian (88.57%), held a bachelor’s or graduate degree (62.85%), and identified either as Christian (28.57%) and agnostic (14.29). Most families spent money on agency fees, home study expenses, and paperwork/dossier expenses. Two types of fundraising were presented to families: 1) receiving money from others in exchange for giving goods in return, and 2) receiving money from others without offering goods in return. Most participants did not fundraise to pay for their adoption. Families who cashed in their 401k felt more comfortable with fundraising, X² (6, N = 11) = 15.01, p = 0.02. Those who endorsed fundraising without offering something in exchange were more likely to take and accepted state and federal subsidies to fund their adoption, X² (24, N = 35) = 45.87, p = 0.005. People who did not endorse fundraising were more likely to receive subsidies (free money) from outside sources, X² (80, N = 31) = 103.70, p = 0.039. The presented data utilized a sociocultural perspective; we investigated which families were more or less likely to utilize various adoption and funding methods and how comfortable they felt with the process, acknowledging that their choices may have been influenced by their motivations or attitudes towards seeking additional assistance (Tybejee, 2003).
Academic department under which the project should be listed
RCHSS - Psychological Science
Primary Investigator (PI) Name
Dr. Nicole G. Martin
Adoptonomics
This research presents an analysis aimed at understanding the financial aspects of the adoption process. Our goal was to investigate how families prepare financially for adoption, focusing on the various financial requirements and contributions across different adoption methods, and to explore the sociocultural connection between adopting individuals' attitudes and preferences towards various adoption funding methods.A sample of 125 U.S. families participated in this investigation. Parental participants averaged 45.94 years (s = 8.651). Most parents identified as female (91.43, Caucasian (88.57%), held a bachelor’s or graduate degree (62.85%), and identified either as Christian (28.57%) and agnostic (14.29). Most families spent money on agency fees, home study expenses, and paperwork/dossier expenses. Two types of fundraising were presented to families: 1) receiving money from others in exchange for giving goods in return, and 2) receiving money from others without offering goods in return. Most participants did not fundraise to pay for their adoption. Families who cashed in their 401k felt more comfortable with fundraising, X² (6, N = 11) = 15.01, p = 0.02. Those who endorsed fundraising without offering something in exchange were more likely to take and accepted state and federal subsidies to fund their adoption, X² (24, N = 35) = 45.87, p = 0.005. People who did not endorse fundraising were more likely to receive subsidies (free money) from outside sources, X² (80, N = 31) = 103.70, p = 0.039. The presented data utilized a sociocultural perspective; we investigated which families were more or less likely to utilize various adoption and funding methods and how comfortable they felt with the process, acknowledging that their choices may have been influenced by their motivations or attitudes towards seeking additional assistance (Tybejee, 2003).