ABSTRACT In Australia, adoptions from care are infrequent and mostly conducted in New South Wales (NSW) despite being legislated in other states. This qualitative study explored the experiences of the adoption process and post-adoption contact of eight foster parents adopting children in their care through the public welfare agency in NSW. The interviews were analyzed following a structured approach, by means of thematic networks. The study revealed that adoption processes and maintenance of birth family relationships depend on a number of factors (e.g., the behavior of the professionals, adoptive and birth parents, children's reactions, policy and practice contexts). However, the adoptive parents' experience of the adoption process was largely determined by the system, and in most cases this appeared to subsequently influence post-adoption connection in the families. The findings and the adoptive parents' recommendations are likely to apply beyond specific geographical jurisdictions. In addition, the reported complexities regarding connections through open adoptions at times resemble those tensions faced by children living in other family types such as those referred to in the foster care literature. Further research on some of these commonalities may expand in some countries the debate regarding adoption as an inherently contestable practice.

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澳大利亚新南威尔士州对寄养儿童的公开收养：收养过程和收养后联系

摘要在澳大利亚，尽管在其他州有立法，但从护理收养的情况很少，并且主要在新南威尔士州 (NSW) 进行。这项定性研究探讨了八名寄养父母通过新南威尔士州的公共福利机构收养他们照顾的儿童的收养过程和收养后联系的经验。通过专题网络，按照结构化的方法对访谈进行了分析。研究表明，收养过程和出生家庭关系的维持取决于许多因素（例如，专业人员的行为、收养父母和亲生父母、儿童的反应、政策和实践背景）。然而，养父母在收养过程中的经历很大程度上是由制度决定的，在大多数情况下，这似乎随后会影响家庭中的收养后联系。调查结果和养父母的建议可能适用于特定的地理管辖范围之外。此外，所报告的关于通过公开收养的联系的复杂性有时类似于生活在其他家庭类型的儿童所面临的紧张局势，例如寄养文献中提到的那些。对其中一些共性的进一步研究可能会在某些国家扩大关于收养作为一种固有的可争辩的做法的辩论。据报道，通过公开收养建立联系的复杂性有时类似于生活在其他家庭类型的儿童所面临的紧张局势，例如寄养文献中提到的那些家庭。对其中一些共性的进一步研究可能会在某些国家扩大关于收养作为一种固有的可争辩的做法的辩论。据报道，通过公开收养建立联系的复杂性有时类似于生活在其他家庭类型的儿童所面临的紧张局势，例如寄养文献中提到的那些家庭。对其中一些共性的进一步研究可能会在某些国家扩大关于收养作为一种固有的可争辩的做法的辩论。