ABSTRACT This qualitative study aims at identifying the main representations of the international adoption process through a comparative analysis of 62 Italian stories about international adoption. Content analysis involves the use of thematic analysis as well as computer-assisted text analysis. Results show that adoption is represented varying from a polarization in which “the positive” is situated in the “adoptive world” while “the negative” pertains to the world of the origins, to a more integrated representation in which both the adoptive context and the origins entail positive aspects.

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意大利儿童书中关于国际收养的主角和收养过程的表征：一项定性研究

摘要 这项定性研究旨在通过对 62 个意大利国际收养故事的比较分析，确定国际收养过程的主要代表。内容分析涉及使用主题分析以及计算机辅助文本分析。结果表明，收养的表现有所不同，从“积极的”位于“收养世界”而“消极的”属于起源世界的两极分化，到更综合的表示，其中收养背景和起源包含积极的方面。