In the last two decades, researchers and clinicians have started exploring the wide range of
lifelong impacts of adoption on adult adoptees. Several studies have suggested that …

The way in which individuals react to a partner's disclosure of positive news (capitalization
response) is associated with relational well-being. Two studies analyzed the role of couple …

Being adopted and becoming a parent are both highly significant events in the life course.
How adopted people represent adoption and parenthood in their life stories is the focus of …

Intercountry adoptees constitute a distinct acculturating group that differs from traditional
immigrant groups. Yet, there is a lack of research examining the psychosocial processes …

Introduction In accordance with the “resilience paradigm”, this study was aimed at exploring
the role of the parent-child relationship in supporting internationally adopted adolescents' …

Objective Using a socialization framework, this study aimed to understand the
intergenerational patterns of ethnic, racial, and adoption socialization practices. Background …

Research concerning adulthood and adoption has gained popularity in recent years, but
there are very few studies involving positive variables of adjustment. Adopted people are …

There is a vast amount of literature on the topic of adoption, yet it is difficult to find a central
source of the most contemporary scholarship from a variety of disciplines. The primary …

La parentalité est une étape de vie porteuse d'enjeux psychiques conséquents, d'autant
plus pour une population présentée comme «à risque» telle que celle des adultes adoptés …

It has been reported that adult adoptees with histories of maltreatment face particular
challenges when they become parents. Here we explore this issue using a qualitative …