2017
DOI: 10.5565/rev/periferia.611
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Essentialism in Spanish parents’ descriptions of their transnationally adopted teenagers

Abstract: This preliminary qualitative study of 24 adoptive families in Catalonia, Spain asks how adoptive parents of teens describe the things they dislike about their children. This question matters because prior research shows that parents' views of their children can affect their parenting style and their relationships with their children. I show that in describing their dislikes, parents draw on essentialist beliefs about their children's culture of origin and about their personality traits. My analysis inspires qu… Show more

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