The phrase "adoptive identity" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used in contexts discussing the identity of individuals who have been adopted or the concept of identity in relation to adoption.
Example: "The adoptive identity of children can be influenced by their experiences and the narratives shared by their adoptive families."
Alternatives: "adopted identity" or "identity of adoptees".
The college student was a Chinese adoptee who was just beginning to explore her adoptive identity.
This study illustrates the importance of providing supportive counseling services for adoptees who are exploring their adoptive identity.
The results showed that (a) adoptive identity mediated the influence of racial socialization on psychological well-being, and (b) ethnic affirmation mediated the influence of ethnic socialization on adoptees' well-being.
And it needs an understanding that one's family is not only challenged by the centrifugal force of the adoptive identity of the children, but also by the tensions of their broken cultural and racial identity.
Is that because adoptive identity is not understood as significant by most Americans?
Agencies do direct placement of children from the hospital to the adoptive family; identities are shared when parties wish to share them, including follow-up plans for the child; agencies process requests of couples and birth parents who come in together having pre-selected each other; agencies always place the child's best interests above all other considerations.
Using a web-based survey design with a sample of 100 internationally adopted Asian adolescent and young adults, the present study examined the mediating role of multiple identities (i.e., ethnic, adoptive and interpersonal ego identities) in explaining the relationship between ethnic and racial socializations, ethnic neighborhood, and self-esteem.
But when she finally summoned up the courage to reclaim her identity after her adoptive mother's death in 2009, he disowned her.
Regina relives her "stepmother" identity as an adoptive mother to Henry, whose biological mother, Emma Swan, is the heroine of the series.
On the other hand, to some black people -- including her adoptive brother -- her claim to black identity is a highly offensive farce, recalling the age-old bigotry of blackface and minstrelsy.
Lundquist, a Huntington Beach native, provides a similar dual plot, as her two protagonists — a meek princess named Wilha, whose family forces her to wear a mask in public, and a headstrong girl named Elara, who toils for an adoptive family — find themselves repeatedly swapping identities.
