Psychological adjustment of adoptees in adulthood

Psychological Adjustment in Adult Adoptees: A Meta-Analysis

Our results shed light on the specific groups of adoptees at a higher risk of maladjustment. The outcomes most strongly influenced by adoptive status were ...

Psychological Adjustment in Adult Adoptees: A Meta-Analysis

Other studies have suggested on the other hand that adult adoptees show worse psychological adjustment in comparison to non-adopted adults (Oke et al., 2015; ...

Psychological adjustment of adoptees in adulthood - APA PsycNet

Explored psychological adjustment, evaluated in terms of self-concept and pathological symptomatology, in a nonclinical, community-based sample of 91 adult ...

Mental health and psychological adjustment in adults who were ...

Evidence suggests that psychological adjustment in adult adoptees is more unfavourable (with higher levels of depression, anxiety, personality and behavioural ...

Psychological adjustment of adoptees in adulthood - Sage Journals

Adoptees, as compared with nonadoptees, scored lower on self-concept but higher on pathological symptomatology. Likewise, they scored their families lower on ...

Psychological Adjustment of Domestic Adult Adoptees

Overall, adopted participants reported higher emotional instability, more overall aggression, more childhood and adolescence antisocial ...

Profiles of Adoptee Adjustment in Young Adulthood - PMC

The majority of studies exploring adult adoptee adjustment focus on comparing rates of psychological symptoms or disorders between adoptees and nonadoptees.

Psychological wellbeing in adult adoptees: current age and ...

However, there has been less research about adoptees' positive and developmental adjustment in adulthood. The aim of this study is to test a ...

The Adjustment of Adoptees - Psychology Today

Adoptees scored higher than other groups on avoidance, anxiety, and fear—key measures of adult attachment. It is very important to emphasize ...

Psychological adjustment of domestic adult adoptees. - APA PsycNet

We examined the psychological adjustment of 318 adults adopted at birth and 131 adults not adopted at birth, in the domains of personality, aggression, ...

Psychological adjustment of adoptees in adulthood

Psychological adjustment of adoptees in adulthood: Family environment and adoption-related correlates. Rachel Levy-Shiff. Bar-Ilan University, Ramat-Gan ...

Research roundup: Working with adults adopted as children

Evidence from the reviewed studies suggests increased risk of mental health difficulties for adult adoptees. Higher levels of depression and anxiety ( ...

Psychological adjustment of adoptees in adulthood

Adoptees, as compared with nonadoptees, scored lower on self-concept but higher on pathological symptomatology. Likewise, they scored their families lower on ...

Psychological Adjustment in Adult Adoptees: A Meta-Analysis

Results: Adoptees had significantly worse psychological adjustment than non-adoptees across all outcomes, except for the obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) and ...

Psychological Adjustment in Adult Adoptees - Wiley Online Library

A number of hypotheses have been advanced re- garding the psychological adjustment of adopted adults. On the one hand, adult adoptees may be likely to have ...

Psychological Adjustment of Domestic Adult Adoptees - ProQuest

We examined the psychological adjustment of 318 adults adopted at birth and 131 adults not adopted at birth, in the domains of personality, aggression, ...

Psychological adjustment of adoptees in adulthood - ResearchGate

Adoptees, as compared with nonadoptees, scored lower on self-concept but higher on pathological symptomatology. Likewise, they scored their families lower on ...

Psychological adjustment in adult adoptees: assessment of distress ...

Overall, adoptee' scores were elevated but did not approach levels typical of outpatient populations, and only women adoptees scored higher on a scale ...

Psychological adjustment of adoptees in adulthood

Adoptees, as compared with nonadoptees, scored lower on self-concept but higher on pathological symptomatology. Likewise, they scored their families lower on ...

Mental health and psychological adjustment in adults ... - EconPapers

Evidence suggests that psychological adjustment in adult adoptees is more unfavourable (with higher levels of depression, anxiety, personality ...