A Comparison of the Adjustment of Adolescent and Young Adult Inter-country Adoptees and their Siblings
- 1 January 1997
- journal article
- research article
- Published by SAGE Publications in International Journal of Behavioral Development
- Vol. 20 (1) , 47-65
- https://doi.org/10.1080/016502597385432
Abstract
Results of studies to determine how well children, who have been adopted internationally, have adjusted are inconclusive. Little is known about the adjustment of adolescents (12-17 years of age) in relation to young adults (18-25 years of age). This study compares the adjustment by age and by gender for 86 adolescent inter-country adoptees with that of 33 of their adolescent siblings raised in the same family. Also examined is the adjustment of 49 young adult adoptees (18-25 years of age) in comparison with 65 of their young adult siblings.Keywords
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