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6 1 0 2 PROSPECTIV E ADOPTIV E / 4 PARENTS WITHIN PRE- e i r ADOPTION SERV ICES: e s s g – An interplay of emotions n i n and power in social interaction k s r o f pia K eriksson s t e t u t i t s n i - e d e r w a d l i h t a m University of Helsinki Faculty of Social Sciences Department of Social Research Prospective adoptive parents within pre-adoption services: An interplay of emotions and power in social interaction Pia K Eriksson ACADEMIC DISSERTATION To be presented, with the permission of the Faculty of Social Sciences of the University of Helsinki, for public examination in Auditorium XII, University main building, on 12 November 2016, at 10 a.m. PROSPECTIV E ADOPTIV E PARENTS WITHIN PRE- ADOPTION SERV ICES: – An interplay of emotions and power in social interaction pia K eriksson Pia K Eriksson Prospective adoptive parents within pre-adoption services: An interplay of emotions and power in social interaction Supervisors: Professor Ilse Julkunen, University of Helsinki Professor Lars Uggerhøj, Aalborg University Opponent: Professor Tommy Lundström, Stockholm University External examinators: Professor Tarja Pösö, University of Tampere Professor Elsbeth Neil, University of East Anglia Mathilda Wrede Institute Research Reports 4/2016 The international editorial board consists of the following members: Tapio Salonen, Malmö University Gudny Eydal, University of Iceland Lars Uggerhøj, Aalborg University Elisabeth Willumsen, The University of Stavanger Marjaana Seppänen, University of Lapland Åsa Rosengren, Arcada University of Applied Sciences Helena Blomberg-Kroll, University of Helsinki Ilse Julkunen, University of Helsinki Layout: Gerd Strandberg-Andersson Illustrations and cover design: Linn Henrichson Printed by Oy Nord Print Ab, Helsinki 2016 Ab Det finlandssvenska kompetenscentret inom det sociala området (FSKC) This publication is distributed by FSKC and also available in PDF at: www.fskc.fi Helsinki 2016) ISBN 978-952-7078-15-0 (PDF) ISBN 978-952-7078-16-7 (HTF) 7 Contents Abstract ......................................................................... 12 Abstrakt ......................................................................... 14 Tiivistelmä ......................................................................... 16 Acknowledgements ......................................................................... 18 1 Introduction .......................................... 20 2 Family formation through inter-country adoption .......................................... 28 .......................................... 30 2.1 Finland as a receiving country .......................................... 32 2.2 Children available for adoption .......................................... 34 2.3 Pre-adoption services .......................................... 36 2.3.1 Adoption counselling .......................................... 40 2.3.2 Inter-country adoption service .......................................... 42 2.4 Prospective adoptive parents as clients 2.5 Normative family creation .......................................... 44 through adoption 3 Theoretical perspectives .......................................... 46 3.1 User perspectives and horizontal .......................................... 49 knowledge production 3.2 Conceptualizing social life in an .......................................... 51 institutional process .......................................... 52 3.2.1 Power .......................................... 53 3.2.2 Strategic interaction .......................................... 55 3.2.3 Emotions .......................................... 57 3.2.4 Service satisfaction .......................................... 58 3.3 Reflexive and critical perspectives 4 Methodology .......................................... 60 .......................................... 62 4.1 The FinAdo survey .......................................... 63 4.2 Statistical analysis of associations .......................................... 64 4.3 Narrative interviews .......................................... 67 4.4 Thematic narrative analysis .......................................... 70 4.5 Ethical considerations 8 .......................................... 73 4.6 Reflections on validity and reliability .......................................... 74 4.6.1 Quantitative survey data .......................................... 75 4.6.2 Qualitative interview data 5 Prospective adoptive parenthood .......................................... 80 .......................................... 83 5.1 Accounts of being on the threshold 5.2 Accounts of vulnerability .......................................... 87 and dependency 5.3 Accounts of agency in navigating .......................................... 91 pre-adoption services 5.4 Relationships in midst of support .......................................... 95 and control ........................................... 98 5.5 Emotion and reason .......................................... 100 5.6 The clienthood experience compiled 6 Inter-country adoption and child protection .......................................... 102 .......................................... 103 6.1 Wanting a child or providing a home .......................................... 105 6.2 Rights and justifications 6.3 From risk and normativity assessment to .......................................... 108 co-creation of needs .......................................... 112 6.4 Looking back at the research process 7 Conclusions and implications .......................................... 116 References ......................................... 124 Original publications ......................................... 154 9

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