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"Ethnic Socialization of Children Adopted from Asia"

Children, aged 14-26 who are adopted from one of the Asian countries and living in the United States are invited to participate in a research study
conducted by Jayashree Mohanty, Ph.D. Candidate from the University of Pittsburgh, School of Social Work. For those children between the ages
of 14-17, I would also like to invite their parents to participate in this research study. The purpose of this dissertation study is to understand the
ways in which adoptive parents prepare their children for understanding their identities and how such preparation affects adoptees' well-being.

Both children and parents fill out a web questionnaire. The findings will prove useful to understanding what types of cultural activities parents
provide that are helpful to their children.

Participation is voluntary and confidential (private) and used for analysis only. To qualify for the study adoptees must be between the ages of 14-26, adopted from one of the Asian countries, and placed with Caucasian
parents.

Parents must be 18 years of age or above, Caucasian, and have completed an adoption from one of the Asian countries. Adoptees, ages 1through 17, need written parental consent in order to be eligible to participate in this research study. The adoptee questionnaire takes about 20-25 minutes and the parent questionnaire takes about 5 minutes.

This study is approved by the Institutional Review Board at the University of Pittsburgh, IRB # 0607096 and follows the Board's ethical standards
and guidelines. Adoptees, 14-26, will be offered $15 electronic gift certificate for use at www.amazon.com. A short report of main findings on the
suggested data will be posted on this website: http://www.adoptionsurvey.pitt.edu

To participate, please click on this link: http://www.adoptionsurvey.pitt.edu

If you need anymore information about me, or about the study, please feel free to contact me at 412-624-7154 or jmssw@pitt.edu.

If you know someone who meets the eligibility requirements for the study, then please refer them to this website: http://www.adoptionsurvey.pitt.edu

Thank you very much for your assistance with this important study.

Sincerely,

Jayashree Mohanty, M.A., M.S.W.
Ph.D. Candiadate
School of Social Work
University of Pittsburgh

Bert Ballard / Vu Tien Do II

President - International Adoptee Congress
(www.internationaladopteecongress.org)

Vice President - Vietnamese Adoptee Network (www.van-online.org) Board Member