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Adoption and Identity Formation
Description
<jats:title>Abstract</jats:title> <jats:p>The title of this chapter links two very complex constructs: identity and adoption. Identity is a personality construct that has been defined and discussed in much theoretical writing as well as in research, while adoption presents an equally complex social and family phenomenon with a clinical and research literature of its own. The interrelationship of these two complex phenomena has rarely been specifically addressed in adoption outcome research, although speculation has appeared in the literature and data presented in clinical studies, with inferences drawn concerning this interrelationship. The goal of this chapter is to summarize the theory on identity formation, examine some of the complexities of adoption, and then to look at the research and clinical literature on adoptive families and children. From this research and literature it is hoped that conclusions can be drawn regarding identity development in the adoptee.</jats:p>
Journal
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- The Psychology Of Adoption
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The Psychology Of Adoption 144-166, 1990-04-12
Oxford University PressNew York, NY
