Unmarried Mothers: A Study of Twenty Unmarried Mothers Who Came to the Children’s Home Society of New Jersey Requesting Adoption Placement for Their Children, Born Out of Wedlock, and Who Subsequently Decided Against Adoption Compared to an Equal Number of Mothers, During the Same Period, Where the Original Plan for Adoption Through the Agency Was Completed
Abstract
Background of the Study. This study has been undertaken as a result of many discussions with the casework and administrative staff of the Children’s Home Society of New Jersey. These meetings pointed out the need for information regarding the Agency’s unmarried mother population. Two needs were apparent. One was to identify the unmarried mother population that the Agency is serving. The other, in relation to the unmarried mother who does not release her child for adoption, was to know what factors would enable the agency to identify these mothers early. The information would enable the Agency to provide a better service to this group of clients. If the agency could anticipate at the beginning of its contact with an expectant unwed mother her decision about the child, it could use this information in planning services and treatment for the individual client. This would also enable the agency to make appropriate contacts with any other community resources which might be needed to provide on-going services to the mother not releasing her child.
Subject Area
Clinical psychology|Social work
Recommended Citation
Rimer, Joan, "Unmarried Mothers: A Study of Twenty Unmarried Mothers Who Came to the Children’s Home Society of New Jersey Requesting Adoption Placement for Their Children, Born Out of Wedlock, and Who Subsequently Decided Against Adoption Compared to an Equal Number of Mothers, During the Same Period, Where the Original Plan for Adoption Through the Agency Was Completed" (1965). ETD Collection for Fordham University. AAI31189905.
https://research.library.fordham.edu/dissertations/AAI31189905
