Journal Article:
Subhani, M. , Osman, A. , Abrar, F. , & Hasan, S. (2014). Are parents really attached to their adopted children?. SpringerPlus, 3(1), 1-8.
Research Question: How do attachment theory effect children whom are adopted?
Research Approach: This article concentrates on an un-restricted non-probability sampling approach. The data used was quantified when looking more into the hypotheses via-t-test of equality of means, which focused on the quantitative method.
Research Design: A Sampling approach was used with observing infants up to age 6 of age. “The strange Situation Test” looked at infants as young as 8 months old in a controlled environment. The test also was …show more content…
Secure 2. Avoidant 3. Ambivalent 4. Disorganized. These behaviors help the child to understand to relate to others. And it gives the child a sense of feeling towards ones own self.
Issues related to ethics & Cultural competence, Social justice/advocacy:
This article raised questions on how the questions were made according to the Iqra University research committee’s approval. 2) The research that was conducted was based on ones own beliefs, attitude and behaviors of adopted children. 3) Measuring beliefs, attitudes and behaviors is difficult to measure because feelings are too fluid. 4) The Data of this article is quantitative, a focus group was used.
Usefulness to Social Work Rating and the Rationale for the Rating:
I would rate this article an 8 because this article provided a lot of information on how potentially a child is feeling when being adopted and how the adoptive parent can show or display affection to that …show more content…
Research Design: A multisite retrospective cohort study with cross-sectional surveys at urban medical centers in 5 states and Washington, DC, from August1998 through December 2000. There was caregivers of 2718 children of 36months or younger whose household received welfare or lost welfare through sanctions. The study measured: 1) if the child was admitted to the hospital the day of the visit. 2) subsample interviews in emergency departments 3)household food security status and 3) the history of hospitalization.
Key Findings: The major findings of this article says that children in families whose welfare was terminated or even reduced had a higher rate of being food insecure of having been hospitalized since birth. 2) when being admitted the day of an emergency department visit compared with those without decreased benefits. 3) another finding is that children in families whose welfare benefits were decreased administratively because of changes in income or experiences had greater odds of being insecure. 4) receiving food stamps does not mitigate the effects of the lost or reduction of welfare benefits on food security or