The Adopted Child Comes of Age

ISBN-13: 9781032065724 / Miękka / 2023 / 174 str.

Lois Raynor

Opis

How do adoptions really turn out? First published in 1980, the study on which this book is based sought to answer this and other questions. The research involved 160 sets of parents and over 100 of their adopted children, now young adults. This was the largest group of adult adoptees to be interviewed and studied in a systematic way.

Spis treści

Foreword.  Acknowledgements.  Part 1: Looking Back on Adoption  1. Adoption in Retrospect  2. Earlier Follow-Up Research in Adoption  3. Design of This Study  4. Some Preliminary Data  Part 2: How Have the Adoptions Turned Out?  5. The Parents’ Overall View  6. The Adopted People’s Overall View  7. The Adopted People’s Present Life-Adjustment  Part 3: The Adoptive Family  8. Contact Between Adopters and Birth Parents  9. Talking About Adoption  10. Family Relationships  11. Problems in Growing Up  12. Expectation and Achievement  Part 4: Findings and Implications  13. Findings and Their Implications for Practice.  Appendixes: A – Some Do’s and Don’ts from Adoptive Parents.  B – Guide to Interview with Adoptive Parents.  C – Guide to Interview with Adult Adoptees.  References.  Index.

O autorze

Lois Raynor