ABSTRACT Participants, 92 Korean-born transracial international adoptees, responded to two open-ended questions designed to explore both positive and negative aspects of transracial adoption. Almost all of them reported experiencing both benefits and challenges, suggesting that transracial adoption is more complex than the polarized “success or failure” paradigm that underlies much of the transracial adoption research. Participants described negative features that are consistent with themes in the extant literature, including racism, alienation from their White families and peers, unfamiliarity with Korean culture, and identity confusion. They also described positive aspects that have been less frequently explored, such as greater learning and awareness and advantages of belonging to multiple cultures. Of interest, facets that some adoptees considered to be positive aspects of transracial adoption were considered by others to be negative aspects.

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跨种族收养的积极和消极方面：从韩国跨种族收养者的角度进行的探索性研究

摘要 参与者是 92 名出生于韩国的跨种族国际收养者，他们回答了两个开放式问题，旨在探讨跨种族收养的积极和消极方面。几乎所有人都报告说经历了好处和挑战，这表明跨种族领养比作为大部分跨种族领养研究基础的两极分化的“成功或失败”范式更复杂。参与者描述了与现有文献中的主题一致的负面特征，包括种族主义、与白人家庭和同龄人的疏远、不熟悉韩国文化以及身份混淆。他们还描述了较少探索的积极方面，例如更好的学习和意识以及属于多种文化的优势。出于兴趣，