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Peer reviewedGrotevant, Harold D.; Wrobel, Gretchen Miller; van Dulmen, Manfred H.; McRoy, Ruth G. – Journal of Adolescent Research, 2001
Examined psychosocial engagement of adopted adolescents as a function of longitudinal patterns of stability and change in parents' perceptions of the child's compatibility within the family. Identified five patterns of stability and change in compatibility. Found that a sense of compatibility within the family is related to the emergence of…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Adopted Children, Adoption, Adoptive Parents
Direct linkSchwartz, Ann E.; McRoy, Ruth G.; Downs, A. Chris – Journal of Adolescent Research, 2004
Most of the research literature on attachment and adolescent transitions has addressed youth in family settings. This article explores these issues with a sample of 25 pregnant and parenting teens living in a transitional shelter. Using case records and interview data as well as results of standardized measures of depression, self-esteem, child…
Descriptors: Attachment Behavior, Early Parenthood, Pregnancy, Parent Child Relationship
Wrobel, Gretchen Miller; Grotevant, Harold D.; McRoy, Ruth G. – Journal of Adolescent Research, 2004
The decision to search for birthparents is one that all adopted persons consider. The focus of this study is to describe, for a group of adopted adolescents, who chooses to search and who does not and to explore how search behavior is related to the functioning of the adolescents' adoptive families and adolescents' psychological adjustment.…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Adoption, Parents, Family Relationship
