Filhos adotivos: esses somos nós

Abstract

This dissertation aimed to analyze the particularities of adoption, from the perspective of adopted children over 18 years old, with the aim of integrating the experiences identified with the aspects involved in this process, as well as developing an intervention based on the observed results. Therefore, a mixed method research was carried out, involving a qualitative and quantitative combination, in a convergent manner, with a sample of adult adopted children, regardless of the age at which they were adopted. A multiple case study was carried out, using a semi-structured interview, based on the script developed by Dra. Lidia Natalia Dobrianskyj Weber. Quantitative data were collected through a survey-type questionnaire, designed with the purpose of characterizing sociodemographic aspects of the respondents and establishing the adopted children's profile that this study managed to reach, as well as exploring the experience that these children had with their adoptions. The qualitative results found were distributed into different dimensions: aspects related to the unfolding of the origin story for the foster child and the feelings that are related to adoption, as well as the convergence between them. The quantitative data were analyzed through basic descriptive statistics and with the aid of the software IBM® SPSS® Statistics v.21. From this survey, the sociodemographic characterization, information about adoption and feelings aroused in the interviewees, associated with adoptive parenthood, were highlighted. With some information, both from the interviews and the questionnaire, a word cloud was constructed. Based on the results obtained in the field research, a video was created for sharing using technological tools, with information that clarifies the topics discussed in this research and allows the actors' qualification involved in the adoption processes. [resumo fornecido pelo autor]