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“Do You Really Want to be Disappointed?”: Adoptees’ Expectations and Violations During Birth Family Contact

  • East Tennessee State University

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Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)175-194
Number of pages20
JournalCommunication Quarterly
Volume71
Issue number2
DOIs
StatePublished - 2023

ASJC Scopus Subject Areas

  • Communication

Keywords

  • Adoptive families
  • birth family contact
  • expectancy violations theory

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