Adoption & Fostering is the only quarterly peer-reviewed journal dedicated to adoption, fostering and kinship issues. Over the years, it has gained an international reputation as one of the world’s leading sources of knowledge for academics, practitioners and all those concerned with childcare practice and research.
Edited by Dr Dennis Golm, Adoption & Fostering is published by SAGE on behalf of CoramBAAF.
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Welcome to the latest episode of the Adoption and Fostering journal podcast. In this episode, we explore the increasingly international scope of ‘Adoption & Fostering’ journal, where over half of recent submissions come from outside the UK. Dr Dennis Golm and Vicky Walker highlight powerful new research from around the world, ranging from adoptive parent regret in the US, to mental health support for children in Nigerian institutions, to foster care experiences in Greece and family engagement in Italian group homes.
Volume 49 (Issue 3, October 2025)
Editorial
What are the reasons for regretting (adoptive) parenthood?
Dennis Golm
Articles
Intergenerational transmission of attachment: A qualitative study on eight adopted children
Saul Hillman, Nahed Lajmi, Katerina Nezi, Miriam Steele
Parental choices and outcomes in intercountry adoption
Nicole G Martin, Meghan Salain, Daezha Jackson
Mental health status of orphans and vulnerable children in residential institutions in a city in South-West Nigeria
Mercy Aladegboye, Adekemi Olowokere
Fostering disabled children in Greece: Insights into foster mothers’ experiences, motivations, challenges and satisfaction
Margarita Xanthaki, Lida Anagnostaki
Family partnering in practice: The role of caregivers’ epistemological theories in their interaction with families
Marzia Saglietti, Cristina Zucchermaglio
Health Notes
Health Goal Cards: Empowering children and young people to lead their health care planning
Ane Lund Ringen
Legal Notes
Book review
Book review
Camelia Chowdhury Allen
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