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Showing 1 to 4 of 4 for “"Adoption adjustment."”.
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A study of U.S. adoption breakdown : exploring current factors associated with breakdown and challenging times in adoption adjustment.
Adoption breakdown often results in devastating effects for the family and child. Children and parents who experience adoption breakdown suffer adverse residual effects of a traumatic experience. Given the dire outcomes following adoption breakdown, additional research is needed to continue to …
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Decision Making and the Adoption Process for American Families of Chinese Children: An Application of Rational Choice Theory
… motivation to adopt, decision making regarding adoption and the process in relation to rational choice theory. The interviews also inquired about their required adoption trip to China and the post-adoption adjustment phase including bonding and developmental delays, as well as about why families …
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Growing up adopted: an examination of adoptees' socialization experiences
… in our culture and their attitudes towards adoption. Our current understanding of adoption adjustment is based on unsupported opinion emanating primarily from theory, which tends to frame adoption as an inherently negative experience with loss and is pathology based. Furthermore, although …
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21st Century Adoptive Families: A Longitudinal Study of Children Raised in Gay Father, Lesbian Mother and Heterosexual Parent Families
… parent families. In all family types, child adjustment problems significantly increased from Phase 1 (when the mean age of the children was 6 years) to Phase 2 (when the mean age of the children was 12 years). Moreover, a high proportion of children displayed adjustment problems at Phase 2: …