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2013
Thursday, April 11th
1:00 PM

Adoption: A Kap Study Amongst Infertile Couples

Saumya Vinod Joshi, Sawai Man Singh Medical College, Jaipur
Lt. Rupesh Prasad, 92 Base Hospital, Sringar (Army Medical Corps)
Lt. Col. Arvind Singh Kushwaha, Armed Forced Medical College, Pune, Maharashtra
Brig R.K. Sharma, Command Hospital, Pune, Maharashtra

UMass Amherst

1:00 PM - 2:00 PM

Associations among personality, family interactions,& adolescent externalizing in adoptive & non-adoptive families

Bibiana D. Koh, Augsburg College
Martha A. Rueter, University of Minnesota - Twin Cities

UMass Amherst

1:00 PM - 2:00 PM

Birth Parents & Openness with Adoptive Families: An Examination of Actual Contact & Satisfaction with Contact

Amy L. Whitesel, George Washington University
Jody M. Ganiban, George Washington University
Leslie D. Leve, Oregon Social Learning Center
Daniel S. Shaw, University of Pittsburgh - Main Campus
Misaki N. Natsuaki, Oregon Social Learning Center
David Deiss, Yale Child Study Center
Jenae M. Neiderhiser, Pennsylvania State University - Main Campus

UMass Amherst

1:00 PM - 2:00 PM

Birthmothers’ Experiences with Open Adoptions: Satisfaction and Disappointment and Long-term Adjustment

Karen J. Tessier, Mount Holyoke College
Patricia G. Ramsey, Mount Holyoke College

UMass Amherst

1:00 PM - 2:00 PM

Contact and Knowledge in the Adoption Kinship Network: What Benefits Network Members Most

David M. Martin, University of Minnesota - Twin Cities
Jenae M. Neiderhiser, Pennsylvania State University - Main Campus
Leslie D. Leve, The Oregon Social Learning Center
Daniel S. Shaw, University of Pittsburgh - Main Campus
Jody M. Ganiban, George Washington University
David Reiss, Yale University

UMass Amherst

1:00 PM - 2:00 PM

Daughters of China: An Examination of the Home, School, and Community Experiences of Adolescent and Young Adult Chinese Adoptees

Marguerite S. Aldrich, Western Connecticut State University
Deborah Hardy, Western Connecticut State University
Marcia A.B. Delcourt, Western Connecticut State University
George F. Kain, Western Connecticut State University

UMass Amherst

1:00 PM - 2:00 PM

Do Adoptive Families Avoid Discussing Search and Reunion?

Diana L. Baltimore, Iowa State University
Sedahlia Jasper Crase, Iowa State University

UMass Amherst

1:00 PM - 2:00 PM

Internal Attributes and Sense of Belonging: The Moderating Role of Optimism in Korean Transracial Adoptees

Danielle E. Godon, Mount Holyoke College
Patricia G. Ramsey, Mount Holyoke College

UMass Amherst

1:00 PM - 2:00 PM

Planning for Open Adoption in Korea

Hyang Eun Kim, Kosin University

UMass Amherst

1:00 PM - 2:00 PM

The Same, and Not the Same Men’s Narratives of Adoptive Fatherhood after Primary Infertility

R. McCallum, University of Manitoba
M.I. Medved, University of Manitoba
D. Hiebert-Murphy, University of Manitoba
K. Roger, University of Manitoba

UMass Amherst

1:00 PM - 2:00 PM

What parents are doing when they discuss birth parents and the adoption story with their children

Susanne Agerbak, Tufts University
Loey Bromberg, Tufts University
Melissa Philips, Tufts University
Amanda Young, Tufts University
Paul Cernasov, Tufts University
Ellen E. Pinderhughes, Tufts University

UMass Amherst

1:00 PM - 2:00 PM