Using the Child Behavior Checklist (CBCL), the rate and type of behavior problems
associated with being reared in an institution prior to adoption were examined in 1,948, 4 …

Although the majority of adopted children are well-adjusted, adopted children evidence
proportionately more behavior problems when compared to nonadopted children in both …

While adoptions in general are highly successful, families do experience disappointment
and disruption, outcomes that may be reduced by provision of post‐adoption services …

This book is about children 12 yrs of age and younger who are engaged is sexually
aggressive behaviors. Sexually aggressive is used to describe abusive behaviors that have …

The extent of symptomatology related to attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) and
oppositional defiant disorder (ODD) was examined in a statewide sample of adopted youth …

Abstract In June 1998, a Steering and Revisions Committee of the International Institute for
the Unification of Private Law (Unidroit) fleshed out the final version of a" Draft Unidroit …

This study is based on a statewide longitudinal sample of adopted foster youth and explores
the relationship between early pre-adoption risk factors and subsequent elevated levels of …

This article presents an overview of the practice of adoption to counseling psychologists to
promote clinical understanding of the adoption experience and to stimulate research on …

Retrospective studies of adoptive families have identified ways in which members of the
adoptive family may be at risk of behavior and adjustment problems, but it is prospective …

This study examined the collective effects of background factors, adoptive strains, and
coping resources on emotional distress among 99 adoptive parents who responded to a …