Psicología · 2020
Representaciones sociales del concepto y del proceso de adopción en parejas sin hijos con posibilidad de adoptar
The objective of this study was to explore the social representations of the concept and the adoption process in couples without children with the possibility of adopting, using a qualitative approach of descriptive type. The informative unit of the study was made up of 50 couples in total with the possibility of adopting, whose average age was 34 years, people from different social and cultural contexts were taken as reference, among these characteristics are the level of education, marital status, the socioeconomic stratum and religious inclination. Participants were selected by representative sampling for convenience. The results obtained were analyzed with the axial model through the ATLAS.ti 8 software, which yielded the following results: First, it was found that the negative implications about the adoption process are cause of the legal aspects of adoption. Second, the misperception about the adoption process is a cause of ignorance regarding the adoption process. Third, the biological implications of the adoption process are associated with adoption as a possibility of family structuring. Finally, the concept of adoption seen from the perspective of the vulnerability of the child is associated with the perspective of adoption from abandonment