Adoptive Families in Distress
- 1 March 1981
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Wiley in Australian Journal of Social Issues
- Vol. 16 (1) , 32-36
- https://doi.org/10.1002/j.1839-4655.1981.tb00696.x
Abstract
In this study, features of 22 adoptive families were examined in the light of some possible explanations of the reported over‐representation of adoptive families among child psychiatry referrals. Themes which emerged included problems with bonding, motivations for adoption and psychiatric illness of parents. Implications for adoption workers are discussed.1Keywords
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