Little research has investigated the experience of same-sex adoption from children's perspective. What does it feel like to be adopted by 2 dads or 2 moms? How do the challenges related to being adopted and the challenges related to growing up in a same-sex-parent family overlap in the identity construction of adoptees? This is the 1st European study giving voice to children adopted by same-sex couples focusing on their adoptive and family-related identities at four developmental stages: early childhood, middle childhood, preadolescence, and adolescence. In-depth interviews were conducted with a sample of 44 adoptees (36 males and 8 females; ages 3-18 years) and 62 adoptive parents (16 lesbian women and 46 gay men). Thematic analysis revealed that adoptees deal with unique developmental challenges connected to the intersection of both their adoptive and familial minority statuses. They often reported being confronted with heteronormative assumptions of family, which led them to question themselves regarding the way their family is perceived by others, to idealize the heteronuclear family form, and to increase their curiosity about their birth parents. Findings shed light on the evolution of adoptees' questions, feelings, and experiences related to their unique family arrangement from early childhood through adolescence, suggesting a better integration of their adoptive and minority group statuses at progressively more advanced developmental stages. Analyses underline the importance of open family communication for facilitating the integration of such complex elements in adoptees' emerging identity. Practice implications of the findings are discussed. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2019 APA, all rights reserved).

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同性伴侣收养的儿童：从学龄前到青春期后期的身份相关问题。

很少有研究从儿童的角度调查同性收养的经验。被两个爸爸或两个妈妈领养感觉如何？与被收养有关的挑战与在同性父母家庭中成长有关的挑战在被收养者的身份建构中如何重叠？这是欧洲第一个向同性伴侣收养的孩子们发声的研究，重点关注他们在四个发展阶段的收养和与家庭相关的身份：幼儿期，中期，青春期和青春期。对44位收养人（36位男性和8位女性； 3-18岁）和62位收养父母（16位女同性恋者和46名男同性恋者）进行了深入访谈。专题分析表明，收养者应对与他们的收养和家庭少数群体地位的交汇点相关的独特发展挑战。他们经常报告他们面对家庭的异规范假设，这使他们开始质疑自己的家庭被他人看待的方式，理想化异核家庭形式以及对亲生父母的好奇心。研究结果揭示了被收养者从幼儿期到青春期与他们独特的家庭安排有关的问题，感受和经历的演变，表明收养者和少数民族的地位在逐步发展的更高阶段得到了更好的整合。分析强调了开放式家庭交流对于促进将这些复杂因素整合到收养人的新身份中的重要性。讨论了发现的实践意义。（PsycINFO数据库记录（c）2019 APA，保留所有权利）。