이 연구의 목적은 개방입양을 시도한 가족들이 개방입양을 진행하는 과정에서 경험한 다양한 이슈들을 파악하고 분석하고자 하는 것이다. 이러한 목적을 달성하기 위해, 연구자들은 개방입양을 시도한 입양가족들을 대상으로 심층면접 등 다양한 방법으로 자료를 수집하였으며 질적 사례연구 접근을 통해 분석하였다. 최종 7사례를 통해 수집한 자료들을 가지고사례 내 분석과 사례 간 분석을 실시하였다. 사례 내 분석에서는 각 사례들을 전반적으로검토한 뒤 이야기 형식으로 요약하였고, 각 사례에서 나타난 주요한 개방입양의 이슈들을사례 순으로 비교하면서 기술하였다. 사례 간 분석에서는 사례 내 분석에서 나타난 이슈들을 염두에 두고 전체 사례들을 재검토하여 8개의 주제로 통합하였다. 8개의 주제를 제시해보면,‘결정적 만남’,‘분명한 선 긋기’,‘불안한 평행선 걷기’,‘그 엄마’,‘누가 진짜 부모인가?’,‘절대로 해서는 안되는 말’,‘숨은 주역들’,‘관계의 중심 또는 방관자’등이었다.이러한 연구결과를 근거로, 입양분야에서 개방입양과 관련된 정책과 실천 지침들을 제언하였으며, 연구의 한계를 극복하고 더 풍부한 정보를 확보하기 위해 필요한 후속연구들에 대해서도 제언하였다.
The purpose of this study is to understand the open adoption experience of adoptive families. For this purpose, the data were collected through diverse data collection methods including in-depth interviews with adoptive families who had experiences of open adoption and analyzed using a qualitative case study approach. Data collected from six adoptive families were employed for within-case analysis and cross-case analysis. Each case was carefully examined and summarized using story-telling style in the within-case analysis and major issues for open adoption appeared in each case were described and compared one by one. In the cross-case analysis, all the cases were re-examined keeping the issues appeared in the within-case analysis in mind and eight integrated themes were emerged from it. The eight integrated themes are ‘the crucial meeting', ‘a clear arrangement', ‘an uneasy parallel', ‘the other mom', ‘who are the real parents?', ‘the words never to say', ‘the hidden characters', and ‘the center of relations or the outsider'. Based on the results of the study, the policies and practical guidelines related to open adoption were suggested. Also, the suggestions for the further studies were made to obtain more abundant information beyond the limitations of the study.
The purpose of this study is to understand the open adoption experience of adoptive families. For this purpose, the data were collected through diverse data collection methods including in-depth interviews with adoptive families who had experiences of open adoption and analyzed using a qualitative case study approach. Data collected from six adoptive families were employed for within-case analysis and cross-case analysis. Each case was carefully examined and summarized using story-telling style in the within-case analysis and major issues for open adoption appeared in each case were described and compared one by one. In the cross-case analysis, all the cases were re-examined keeping the issues appeared in the within-case analysis in mind and eight integrated themes were emerged from it. The eight integrated themes are ‘the crucial meeting', ‘a clear arrangement', ‘an uneasy parallel', ‘the other mom', ‘who are the real parents?', ‘the words never to say', ‘the hidden characters', and ‘the center of relations or the outsider'. Based on the results of the study, the policies and practical guidelines related to open adoption were suggested. Also, the suggestions for the further studies were made to obtain more abundant information beyond the limitations of the study.
