Process of adoption communication openness in adoptive families: adopters’ perspective

Psicologia: Reflexão e Crítica

Psychology: Research and Review

Table 4 Associations between Clusters and Child’s Behaviours towards Adoption Communication

		Cluster 1	Cluster 2	Cluster 3	χ² (2)	p	V
The child refuses to talk about adoption	n	2	16	1	13.31	.001	0.37
The child refuses to talk about adoption	Exp.	1.2	9.8	8.1	13.31	.001	0.37
The child never initiates a conversation about adoption	n	3	21	4	12.86	.002	0.36
The child never initiates a conversation about adoption	Exp.	1.7	14.4	11.9	12.86	.002	0.36
The child doesn’t show curiosity about adoption or the past	n	4	30	6	20.80	< .001	0.46
The child doesn’t show curiosity about adoption or the past	Exp.	2.4	20.6	17	20.80	< .001	0.46
As the child was growing up, more questions were asked	n	0	13	21	9.48	.009	0.31
As the child was growing up, more questions were asked	Exp.	2.1	17.5	14.4	9.48	.009	0.31
The child talks easily about adoption	n	2	30	37	13.34	.001	0.37
The child talks easily about adoption	Exp.	4.2	35.5	29.3	13.34	.001	0.37
The child speaks frequently about adoption	n	0	4	11	7.17	0.28	0.27
The child speaks frequently about adoption	Exp.	0.9	7.7	6.4	7.17	0.28	0.27

Notes: n = n real; Exp. = n expect. According to Cohen (1988): V] 0.25 – 0.5] – large effect size