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Dutton, E. & Madison, G. (2018). Why do middle-class couples of European descent adopt children from Africa and Asia? Some Support for the Differential K Model. Personality and Individual Differences, 130, 156-160
Open this publication in new window or tab >>Why do middle-class couples of European descent adopt children from Africa and Asia? Some Support for the Differential K Model
2018 (English)In: Personality and Individual Differences, ISSN 0191-8869, E-ISSN 1873-3549, Vol. 130, p. 156-160Article in journal (Refereed) Published
Abstract [en]

Patterns of adoption behaviour are starkly asymmetric across populations. To better understand this phenomenon we conducted a systematic review of transracial adoption and adoption in general. We found six quantitative studies from the USA (with representative samples comprising a total of 117,000 participants) which had examined sex, race, and SES in relation to differences in behaviours and attitudes regarding both transracial adoption and adoption in general. A secondary analysis of these data found that transracial adopting is predicted by being female, white (as opposed to black), and of higher SES. These data are consistent with group differences in Life History Strategy – the Differential K model – regarding males and females, SES differences, and white and black people, but not with the fact that both transracial adoption and adoption rates in general seem to be lower in Northeast Asian countries. The influence of cultural factors upon these patterns may be addressed by future studies.

Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
Elsevier, 2018
Keywords
Life history strategy, Differential K, Adoption, Race, Intelligence, Disgust
National Category
Evolutionary Biology
Identifiers
urn:nbn:se:umu:diva-146853 (URN)10.1016/j.paid.2018.04.008 (DOI)000432502300026 ()2-s2.0-85045040526 (Scopus ID)
Available from: 2018-04-19 Created: 2018-04-19 Last updated: 2023-09-05Bibliographically approved
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ORCID iD: ORCID iD iconorcid.org/0000-0003-0321-6846

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