For the past 50 years, adults who were adopted during infancy have been research
participants for empirical studies with goals ranging from twin studies for heritability, to …

Adoption involves the legal transfer of parental rights and responsibilities from a child's birth
parents to adults who will raise the child (Reitz & Watson, 1992). Research related to …

Myths, fairy tales, films, books, and everyday communication contain images and stories of
orphans and adoptees that convey societal discomfort and judgment about adoption (ie …

This article presents an overview of the practice of adoption to counseling psychologists to
promote clinical understanding of the adoption experience and to stimulate research on …

Because of changes in legislation and policies regarding child welfare, increasing numbers
of older children are being placed for adoption. Many of these children are defined as …

Contrary to societal stereotypes about adoption, this integrative review of published
empirical research on adoptive families noted several positive and few negative out-comes …

In the last two decades, researchers and clinicians have started exploring the wide range of
lifelong impacts of adoption on adult adoptees. Several studies have suggested that …

In this mixed-methods study, 118 adult adoptees completed an online survey gathering
information on (a) reasons for seeking therapy,(b) preferences for therapists,(c) perception of …

Practical techniques for guiding parents through the stages of adoption and beyond Editors
Virginia Brabender and April Fallon are clinical psychologists and also adoptive parents …

This study is a qualitative analysis of the writings of 40 Korean American adopted adults
around the topic of birth family and culture. Utilizing grounded theory analysis, one main …