ABSTRACT Adoption information, including original birth certificates (OBCs) and (non)identifying information, is kept secret from birth mothers who place their children in closed adoptions. Through the lens of communication privacy management theory (CPM), the present student explores how birth mothers who participated in closed adoptions experienced turbulence related to wanting to still be included in the privacy boundary of their children in a range of ways that were inconsistent with the legal parameters of a closed adoption. Participants (n = 31) responded to an online questionnaire asking about privacy issues and expectations related to their adoption information, specifically their experiences of turbulence. Emergent themes included inaccurate notions about perceived shared co-ownership rights, regret about the limited primary control of adoption information, and a desire for turbulence, allowing further expansion of co-ownership and control. Results of this study show how birth mothers who have engaged in closed adoptions may come to regret signing over control of their children (and consequently all privacy management decisions) to adoption agencies. These women appreciate the cultural and legal shifts that have created turbulence, opening up adoption records in some states, enabling them to potentially co-own more information about their children. Implications of these findings demonstrate birth mothers’ privacy rules evolve over time.

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与封闭式收养信息相关的出生母亲的隐私动荡经历

摘要收养信息，包括原始出生证（OBC）和（非）身份信息，对于将孩子封闭收养的生母保密。通过沟通隐私管理理论（CPM）的视角，本学生探索参与封闭收养的分娩母亲如何经历与希望仍然以各种方式被包括在其孩子的隐私边界中有关的动荡。封闭采用的法律参数。参与者（n = 31）回答了一个在线调查表，询问有关隐私问题和与采用信息有关的期望，特别是他们的动荡经历。新兴的主题包括关于感知到的共有所有权的不正确观念，对于收养信息的主要控制有限以及对湍流的渴望（允许进一步扩展共同所有权和控制）感到遗憾。这项研究的结果表明，从事封闭式收养的分娩母亲可能会后悔将其子女的控制权（以及随之而来的所有隐私管理决定）交给收养机构。这些妇女欣赏造成动荡的文化和法律转变，在某些州开放了收养记录，使她们有可能共同拥有有关其子女的更多信息。这些发现暗示了出生母亲的隐私规则会随着时间而发展。这项研究的结果表明，从事封闭式收养的分娩母亲可能会后悔将其子女的控制权（以及随之而来的所有隐私管理决定）交给收养机构。这些妇女欣赏造成动荡的文化和法律转变，在某些州开放了收养记录，使她们有可能共同拥有有关其子女的更多信息。这些发现暗示了出生母亲的隐私规则会随着时间而发展。这项研究的结果表明，从事封闭式收养的分娩母亲可能会后悔将其子女的控制权（以及随之而来的所有隐私管理决定）交给收养机构。这些妇女欣赏造成动荡的文化和法律转变，在某些州开放了收养记录，使她们有可能共同拥有有关其子女的更多信息。这些发现暗示了出生母亲的隐私规则会随着时间而发展。