Children's Adjustment to Adoption

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David M. Brodzinsky - Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey (Emeritus), USA
Daniel W. Smith - University of Arkansas, Fayetteville
Anne B. Brodzinsky - Family Mental Health Consultants, New Jersey

Volume: 38

Series:
Developmental Clinical Psychology and Psychiatry

Other Titles in:
Child Development | Family Life Education

August 1998 | 152 pages | SAGE Publications, Inc

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Focusing on developmental and clinical issues in children's adjustment to adoption, the authors introduce this volume with an overview of historical and contemporary perspectives, then explore various theories that have addressed the issue of psychological risk associated with adoption.

Following a review of empirical research on factors that influence the adjustment process, the authors discuss different types of adoption, analyze methodological problems, and discuss clinical and assessment issues that commonly arise in work with adoptees and their families.

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