Adult transracial and inracial adoptees: Effects of race, gender, adoptive family structure, and placement history on adjustment outcomes

American Journal of Orthopsychiatry

Volumn 69, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 87-99

  Brooks, Devon ^a   Barth, Richard P ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOPTION; ARTICLE; FAMILY; GENDER; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; RACE;

ADOPTION; ADULT; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR DISORDERS; CULTURAL DIVERSITY; EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; NUCLEAR FAMILY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PREJUDICE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SAMPLING STUDIES; SEX FACTORS; SOCIAL ADJUSTMENT; SOCIAL IDENTIFICATION; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0032900087     PISSN: 00029432     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/h0080384     Document Type: Article

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