Running Head: Openness in Adoption

نویسندگان

  • Xiaojia Ge
  • Misaki N. Natsuaki
  • David Martin
  • Leslie Leve
  • Jenae Neiderhiser
  • Daniel S. Shaw
  • Georgette Villareal
  • Laura Scaramella
  • John Reid
  • David Reiss
چکیده

Using 323 matched parties of birth mothers and adoptive parents, this study examines the association between the degree of adoption openness (e.g., contact and knowledge between parties) and birth and adoptive parents’ post-adoption adjustment shortly after the adoption placement (6 to 9 months). Data from birth fathers (N=112), an understudied sample, also were explored. Openness was assessed by multiple informants. Results indicated that openness was significantly related to satisfaction with adoption process among adoptive parents and birth mothers. Increased openness was positively associated with birth mothers’ post-placement adjustment as indexed by birth mothers’ self reports and the interviewers’ impression of birth mothers’ adjustment. Birth fathers’ report of openness was associated with their greater satisfaction with the adoption process and better post-adoption adjustment.

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تاریخ انتشار 2008