Some aspects of adoption in selected samples of adult adoptees.
- 1 April 1976
- journal article
- Published by American Psychological Association (APA) in Australian and New Zealand Journal of Surgery
- Vol. 46 (2) , 279-290
- https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1939-0025.1976.tb00928.x
Abstract
Various aspects of adoption--psychopathology, age at placement, agency versus independent placement, best age to tell child he is adopted, etc.--are studied in three groups of adoptees: biological parent schizophrenic or manic-depressive; adoptive parent schizoprenic or manic-depressive; biological parent with no psychiatric history. Findings raise questions about a number of common assumptions regarding adoptees.Keywords
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