The Practice of Adoption: History, Trends, and Social Context

Autor/inn/en	Zamostny, Kathy P.; O'Brien, Karen M.; Baden, Amanda L.; Wiley, Mary O'Leary
Titel	The Practice of Adoption: History, Trends, and Social Context
Quelle	In: Counseling Psychologist, 31 (2003) 6, S.651-678 (28 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0011-0000
DOI	10.1177/0011000003258061
Schlagwörter	Models; Psychologists; Counseling Psychology; Social Environment; Trend Analysis; Adoption; Research; Definitions + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Analogiemodell; Psychologist; Psychologe; Psychologin; Counselling psychology; Beratungspsychologie; Soziales Umfeld; Trendanalyse; Forschung; Begriffsbestimmung
Abstract	This article presents an overview of the practice of adoption to counseling psychologists to promote clinical understanding of the adoption experience and to stimulate research on adoption. The article includes definitions of adoption terminology, important historical and legal developments for adoption, a summary of adoption statistics, conceptualizations of adoption experience, themes and trends in adoption outcome research related to adoptees and birthparents, and selected theoretical models of adoption. The importance of considering social context variables in adoption practice and research is emphasized. (Author).
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Update	2017/4/10