title: [Motives and wishes to adopt children in a social change: results of a longitudinal view].
abstract: 150 files of adopted children chosen from the archive of the protestant association for adopted and foster children in Duesseldorf-Wittlaer, being mediated to families between 1947 and 1987, were evaluated with a special evaluation document, regarding the motives and wishes to adopt children. The results indicate that the expectation of adoptive parents of their potential adopted child has changed essentially during the period that was regarded. Possible causes could be norms and values being in a social and historical change, but also changes in the adoption processes.
authors.affiliation: Klinik und Poliklinik für Psychiatrie und Psychotherapie des Kindes- und Jugendalters der Universität zu Köln. yvonne.doerwald@uk-koeln.de
authors.forename: Yvonne
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Dörwald
authors.forename: Petra
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Walger
authors.forename: Wolfgang
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Oelsner
authors.forename: Gerd
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Lehmkuhl
mesh_terms: D000300:Adoption / Q000523:psychology*; D000328:Adult; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D002755:Choice Behavior; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D009042:Motivation; D010290:Parents / Q000523:psychology; D012922:Social Change; D012945:Social Values