Katharine Fryer

(she/her)

BSc (Hons)

Overview

My research is part of the Wales Adoption Cohort Study (WACS) which is a prospective, longitudinal research project that aims to understand support needs and experiences of adoptive families in Wales and across the UK.

I'm primarily investigating bidirectional relationship trajectories of adopted young people and their parents, as young people reach adolescence. I'm working to understand the psychological and interpersonal processes which can make school and home life particularly challenging for adoptees.

I'm involved in primary data collection with adoptive families in the form of surveys and interviews, and I'm also working with archival data to understand trajectories of behaviour across a ten-year period. My work strives to amplify the voices of adoptees, as their views and opinions have often gone unheard in research.