The current article provides a review of adoption research since its inception as a field of
study. Three historical trends in adoption research are identified: the first focusing on risk in …

This meta-analysis of 62 studies (N= 17,767 adopted children) examined whether the
cognitive development of adopted children differed from that of (a) children who remained in …

" This is the one book that I recommend as authoritative on life-span identity development.
Written in a lively style with examples both numerous and apt, it helps practitioners and …

Despite the fact that most people become parents and everyone who has ever lived has had
parents, parenting remains a mystifying subject about which almost everyone has opinions …

ContextInternational adoption involves more than 40 000 children a year moving among
more than 100 countries. Before adoption, international adoptees often experience …

The number of transracial adoptions in the United States, particularly international
adoptions, is increasing annually. Counseling psychology as a profession, however, is a …

Using data from the National Survey of Families and Households, we compared quality of
family relationships and well‐being across five different family structures with a particular …

The focus of this paper is adoptive identity, the sense of who one is as an adopted person.
The paper first considers how identity has been shaped by recent social changes, and then …

This article explores the impact of the dominant North American genetic family ideal on
community attitudes toward adoption, on adoption research, and on the beliefs and attitudes …

This article focuses on the development of personal identity of adopted individuals from
adolescence into adulthood. For adopted persons, identity development involves …