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Psychological issues in adoption : research and practice / edited by David M. Brodzinsky and Jesús Palacios.

Contributor Brodzinsky, David.

Imprint:Westport, Conn. : Praeger, 2005.

Descriptionxii, 324 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

Note:Contemporary adoption in the United States : implications for the next wave of adoption theory, research, and practice / Devon Brooks, Cassandra Simmel, Leslie Wind, and Richard P. Barth -- Changing attitudes of adoptive parents in Northern European countries / Rene Hoksbergen and Jan ter Laak -- Prenatal and postnatal risks to neurobiological development in internationally adopted children / Megan R. Gunnar and Darlene A. Ketes -- Adverse pre-adoption experiences and psychological outcomes / Michael Rutter -- Change and continuity in mental representations of attachment after adoption / Jill Hodges, Miriam Steele, Saul Hillman, Kay Henderson, and Jeanne Kaniuk -- Beyond adopted/non-adopted comparisons / Jesus Palacios and Yolanda Sanchez-Sandoval -- Reconceptualizing openness in adoption : implications for theory, research, and practice / David M. Brodzinsky -- Openness in adoption : outcomes for adolescents with the adoptive kinship networks / Harold D. Grotevant, Yvette V. Perry, and Ruth G. McRoy -- The construction of adoptive parenthood and filiation in Italian families with adolescents : a family perspective / Rosa Rosnati -- International adoptions in Scandinavia / Monica Dalen -- Methodological issues in using large-scale survey data for adoption research / Brent C. Miller, Xitao Fan, and Harold D. Grotevant -- Recent and future directions for adoption research / Jesus Palacios and David M. Brodzinsky.

Bibliography Note:Includes bibliographical references (p. [269]-305) and indexes.

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Brodzinsky, David.
Palacios, Jesús.
Series Statement
Advances in applied developmental psychology ; v. 24
Subject:
Adoption -- Psychological aspects.
Adopted children -- Psychology.
Adjustment (Psychology) in children.
Series Added Entry-Uniform title
Advances in applied developmental psychology (1993) ; v. 24.