The minnesota transracial adoption study: Parent reports of psychosocial adjustment at late adolescence

Adoption Quarterly

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 27-44

  Weinberg, Richard A ^a   Waldman, Irwin ^b   Van Dulmen, Manfred H M ^c   Scarr, Sandra ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c KENT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Adoption; Behavior problems; Late adolescence

Indexed keywords

EID: 34248606240     PISSN: 10926755     EISSN: 1544452X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J145v08n02_02     Document Type: Article

References (28)

1. Bird, H. R., Gould, M. S., & Staghezza, B. (1992). Aggregating data from multiple informants in child psychiatry epidemiological research. Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, 31 (1), 78-85.
2. Brodzinsky, D. M. (1990). A stress and coping model of adoption adjustment. In D. M. Brodzinsky & M. D. Schecter (Eds.), The psychology of adoption (pp. 3-24). New York: Oxford University Press.
3. Brodzinsky, D. M. (1993). Long-term outcomes in adoption. In R. E. Behrman (Ed.), The future of children: Adoption (pp. 153-166). Los Altos, CA: Center for the Future of Children, The Packard Foundation.
4. Brodzinsky, D. M., Schecter, D. E., Braff, A. M., & Singer, L. M. (1984). Psychological and academic adjustment in adopted children. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 52, 582-590.
5. Brodzinsky, D. M., Smith, D. W., & Brodzinsky, A. B. (1998). Children’s adjustment to adoption: Developmental and Clinical Issues (Developmental and Clinical Psychology and Psychiatry Series, No. 38). Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications.
6. Feigelman, W., & Silverman, A. R. (1983). Chosen children: New patterns of adoptive relationships. New York: Praeger.
7. Finley, G. E. (1998). On individual difference, choice, selection, and complexity in adoption research. Adoption Quarterly, 1 (4), 83-91.
8. Finley, G. E. (1999). Children of adoptive families. In W. K. Silverman & T. H. Ollendick (Eds.), Developmental issues in the clinical treatment of children and adolescents (pp. 358-370). Boston: Allyn & Bacon.
9. Grotevant, H. D. (1997). Coming to terms with adoption: The construction of identity from adolescent into adulthood. Adoption Quarterly, 1 (1), 3-27.
10. Grotevant, H. D., van Dulmen, M. H. M., Dunbar, N. D., Miller, B. C., Fan, X., Christensen, M., & Bayley, B. (2003). Antisocial behavior of adopted and nonadopted adolescents: Differences in process and outcomes. Unpublished Manuscript, University of Minnesota.
11. Gunnar, M. R, Bruce, J., & Grotevant, H. D. (2001). International adoption of institutionally reared children: Research and policy. Development & Psychopathology, 12 (4), 677-693.
12. Ingersoll, B. D. (1997). Psychiatric disorders among adopted children: A review and commentary. Adoption Quarterly, 1 (1), 57-73.
13. McRoy, R. G., Zurcher, L. A., Lauderdale, M. L., & Anderson, R. N. (1982). Self esteem and racial identity in transracial and inracial adoptees. Social Work, 27, 522-526.
14. Miller, B. C., Fan, X., Christensen, M., Grotevant, H. D., & van Dulmen, M. (2000a). Comparison of adopted and non-adopted adolescents in a large nationally representative sample. Child Development, 71, 1458-1473.
15. Miller, B. C., Fan, X., Christensen, M., Grotevant, H. D., & Van Dulmen, M. (2000b). Adopted adolescents’ overrepresentation in mental health counseling: Adoptees’ problems or parents’ lower threshold for referral? Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, 39 (12), 1504-1511.
16. Moffatt, P. G., & Thoburn, J. (2001). Outcomes of permanent family placement for children of minority ethnic origin. Child and Family Social Work, 6, 13-21.
17. National Council for Adoption. (1989). Adoption factbook: United States data, issues, regulations, and resources. Washington, DC: NCFA.
18. Scarr, S., & Weinberg, R. A. (1976). IQ test performance of Black children adopted by White families. American Psychologist, 31(10), 726-739.
19. Shireman, J. F. (1988). Growing up adopted: An examination of major issues. Chicago Child Care Society.
20. Simon, R. J., & Altstein, H. (1977). Transracial adoption. New York: John Wiley.
21. Simon, R. J., & Altstein, H. (1981). Transracial adoption: A follow-up. Lexington, MA: Lexington Books.
22. Simon, R. J., & Altstein, H. (1987). Transracial adoptees and their families: A study of identity and commitment. New York: Praeger.
23. Verhulst, F. C., Althaus, M., & Versluis-denBieman, H. J. (1990). Problem behavior in international adoptees: II. Age at adoption. Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, 29 (1), 104-111.
24. Vroegh, K. S. (1997). Transracial adoptees: Developmental status after 17 years. Journal of Orthopsychiatry, 67 (4), 568-575.
25. Waldman, I. D., Weinberg, R. A., & Scarr, S. (1996). Genetic and environmental influences on IQ change in the Minnesota Transracial Adoption Study. Presentation at meetings of the International Society for the Study of Behavioral Development, Quebec City, Quebec.
26. Warren, S. B. (1992). Lower threshold for referral for psychiatric treatment for adopted adolescents. Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, 32, 512-517.
27. Weinberg, R. A., Scarr, S., & Waldman, I. D. (1992). The Minnesota transracial adoption study: A follow-up of IQ test performance at adolescence. Intelligence, 16, 117-135.
28. Wierzbicki, M. (1993). Psychological adjustment of adoptees: A meta-analysis. Journal of Clinical Child Psychology, 22(4), 447-454.