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REPERTORY GRID TECHNIQE IN ADOPTIVE PARENT CANDIDATES COUNSELLING
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Leonora S. Pechnikova *, Andrey L. Ryzhov * and Ekaterina B. Zhuykova **
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* Lomonosov Moscow State University,
Moscow, Russia
** Psychological Institute, Russian Academy of Education, Moscow,
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Abstract
Parental expectations play an important
role in the success of adoption or foster placement. We propose a qualitative
approach to explore parental expectations based on repertory grid technique
with children’s photos as elements. Its main advantage rests on the ability to
assess such interrelated aspects of parental expectations as the elaboration of
personally important content, the ability to regulate reactions, the presence
of stereotypes about adoption, lack of awareness or evasive thinking and
specific attitudes towards family members. The article presents rationale,
administration and interpretation procedures, the results of an exploratory
study of parents from 48 families in order to define preliminary norms for
quantitative indexes and a sample of grid analysis to illustrate how the method
can be employed in counselling.
Keywords: Adoption, repertory grids, family
counselling, parental expectations
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About the authors
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 Leonora S. Pechnikova is a docent at Lomonosov
Moscow State University. She is a lecturer in Abnormal Child Psychology, and Assessment
Methods in Abnormal Psychology courses, and a supervisor for training practice
in Clinical Child Psychology. Her areas of special scientific interest include the
psychology of orphans and adoption, emotional deprivation, and various forms of
non-maternal care, and the psychology of suicidal and deviant behaviour in
adolescence.
Contact: pech56@mail.ru
 Andrey L. Ryzhov is a senior scientific
fellow at Lomonosov Moscow State University. His filed of interest is the study
of normative adolescent and youth development, the emotional and behavioural disorders
of adolescence, the psychology of self-harm and eating disorders, and the application
of qualitative assessment methods in clinical psychology.
Contact: andrey.ryzhov@gmail.com
 Ekaterina B. Zhuykova is a clinical psychologist
and a family systems therapist, a scientific fellow of the “Psychology of Adolescence”
laboratory at the Psychological Institute of the Russian Academy of Education
(Moscow). Her work is associated with psychotherapeutic help for children and
adolescents in stationary settings, family crisis intervention, training groups
and psychological guidance for adoptive parents.
Contact: e.b.zhuykova@gmail.com
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Pechnikova, L. S., Eyshow, A. L., Zhuykova,
E. B. (2019). Repertory grid technique in adoptive parent candidates
counselling.
Personal Construct Theory & Practice, 16, 53-63
(Retrieved from http://www.pcp-net.org/journal/pctp19/pechnikova19.pdf)
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