Abstract Language used to construct motherhood varies, not only among groups inside and outside the adoption community, but among members of each group, as well. Some language is used to clarify relationships in adoptive families, but sometimes language can be stigmatizing, either intentionally or unintentionally. This study is a content analysis examining the construction of motherhood through language in 84 blogs written by adoptees, adoptive mothers, and birth mothers. Findings include a significant difference in the use of the term mother, in that birth mothers were more likely to use mother (or a form of it) in their blogs than were adoptees or adoptive mothers. Implications of this study are discussed, including practices to reduce the stigmatization of adoptive motherhood.

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“我猜他们都是真正的妈妈”：在收养社区通过语言构建母性

摘要 用于构建母性的语言不仅在收养社区内外的群体之间而且在每个群体的成员之间也各不相同。有些语言用于澄清收养家庭中的关系，但有时语言可能会有意或无意地污名化。本研究是一项内容分析，通过由被收养者、养母和生母撰写的 84 篇博客中的语言构建母性。调查结果包括母亲一词的使用存在显着差异，因为与收养者或养母相比，生母在其博客中使用母亲（或母亲的一种形式）的可能性更大。讨论了这项研究的意义，包括减少收养母亲污名化的做法。