Contact in Adoption and Adoptive Identity Formation: The Mediating Role of Family Conversation

Journal of Family Psychology

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 393-401

  Von Korff, Lynn ^a   Grotevant, Harold D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescence; Adoption; Contact; Emerging adulthood; Identity

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADOPTION; ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD PSYCHOLOGY; FAMILY; FAMILY RELATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; INTERVIEW; MALE; PARENT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT PSYCHOLOGY; ADOPTION; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMMUNICATION; FAMILY; FAMILY RELATIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; PARENTS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIAL IDENTIFICATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79959306373     PISSN: 08933200     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0023388     Document Type: Article

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